Anseküla

Anseküla
Village
Anseküla lighthouse.
Anseküla
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°05′29″N 22°13′39″E / 58.091388888889°N 22.2275°E / 58.091388888889; 22.2275Coordinates: 58°05′29″N 22°13′39″E / 58.091388888889°N 22.2275°E / 58.091388888889; 22.2275
Country Estonia
County Saare County
Municipality Saaremaa Parish
Population (2011 Census[1])
  Total 39

Anseküla (German: Anseküll) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia,[2] on the island of Saaremaa. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 39.[1]

The first church in Anseküla was built around 1300.[3] From 1846 to 1875, Martin Körber was the pastor in Anseküla. During Körber's tenure, the church was reconstructed in 1864. The rebuilt church was destroyed in 1944 during World War II. A lighthouse was later built at the former location of the church, but the church's graveyard is still in use.

Gllery

Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Salme Parish.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. History of the Anseküla church at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-05. (in Estonian)
  4. "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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