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Hiiumaa Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Annual handicraft fair in Kärdla Annual handicraft fair in Kärdla Tuuli Tammla Hiiumaa - the Island of The Daylight (Dagö). An island in the Baltic Sea, second biggest in Estonia with 10 000 sq kilometers and 320 km of shoreline. Among which there are kilometers long sandy beaches along the coastline of Tahkuna and Kõpu peninsulas. Some 455 million years ago a circular archipelago approximately 10km in diameter formed in the vicinity of present-day Kärdla as a result of a meteorite impact. These islands were the first in the Hiiumaa area and the date of their formation makes Hiiumaa one of the oldest islands in the world. Around the island there are more than 200 islands and islets have no flora and fauna for they have only recently merged from the sea. Some of them are aforrested. Thanks to the surrounding sea, the climate on Hiiumaa is a bit different from the one on the continent. There are more sunny days with and less rainy days. The inhabitants of Hiiumaa are peaceful and tolerant by character and . They live close to nature, love it and are children of nature in their soul. The most important thing is to have a sense of humor - people of Hiiumaa love jokes. In many senses Hiiumaa is too rich to be thoroughly experienced during a one-time short visit. And to tell you the truth, it could never be totally experienced and will remain inexhaustible. One should only truly wish to experience all the endless richnesses of Hiiumaa Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: www.hiiumaa.ee ___________Sights Edit This Kõpu lighthouse Kõpu lighthouse Tuuli Tammla KÕPU LIGHTHOUSE Age-old Kõpu Lighthouse is standing on top of the hill like a buxom woman with a red braid and a sparkling eye. Six thousand tons of stones and a height of 36 meters speak for themselves. The story of the lighthouse started more than 500 years ago, when the Hanseatic Merchants League needed an effective seamark, as the merchants complained that ships were getting lost in the Baltic Sea. It is no wonder then, that the Council of the City of Tallinn bargained permission to construct the seamark from the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. The location was set down to the range of Andrusemäe hill and the final agreement of construction works was concluded in 1500. Nowadays that highest hill in Hiiumaa is called Tornimägi (Tower Hill, 68 m). But the islanders who earned their everyday living as wreckers were not as interested in the seamark as they were worried about the bounty from the sea diminishing... (more and other sites: http://www.hiiumaa.ee/tuletorn/english.php) ________History Edit This Hiiumaa Tahkuna Hiiumaa Tahkuna Mart Mõniste 2006 Short Owerview of Hiiumaa-s History Hiiumaa is an island with a long and intersting history that will gradually become known to those interested. The former coastal slopes where about 7500 years ago the first fishermen and sealers landed have grown into a forest. The trees also cover ancient fields and village sites. Only the wisdom of a searcher or luck of accidental finder will help to specify the knowledge about the Middle Ages. Each year brings a new surprise, be it a stone with a concavity, a tool or a coin - it all tells us something about the peole and their doings on this little island. The archive documents of course tell the most exact story. Lets leaf them through together! 1200 1228 - Hiiumaa is first mentioned in written documents as an empty (?) island by the name of Dageida 1254 - Hiiumaa is divided between the bishopric of Ösel-Wiek and the Teutonic Order. First place names are mentioned (Soela Strait, Orjaku, Sarwo, Reigi and Pihla Island ...) appr. 1255 - Beginning of construction of Pühalepa stone church 1300 ? - Permanent Swedish settlement, originating from the Finnish and Swedish coastal regions, is formed 1400 ? - Antecendent beginning of the construction of Välipäe fortified estate 1470s - High altar that was dedicated to Saint Anna of Pühalepa Church approaches completion 1490s - Hanseatic League applies repeatedly for the permission to build the seamark to Hiiumaa 1500 1500 - Käina stone church approaches completion 1504-1505 - Beginning of the construction of Kõpu seamark 1524 - Sören Norby robs ships near Kõrgessaare 1531 - Kõpu seamark is almost ready 1559-1563 - Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, including part of Hiiumaa, belongs to Magnus, Duke of Denmark 1563 - Beginning of the Swedish reign in Hiiumaa 1564 - Many villages, including Kärdla, are mentioned for the first time 1582-1594 - Salthouse is operating in Reigi 1600 1603 - Hunger, plague 1612 - The great Danish invasion to Hiiumaa 1624 - J. De la Gardie (1582-1640) acquires greater part of the island by purchase 1627 - Reigi church becomes independent, and so the separate Reigi parish is formed 1628-1664 - First Estonian glass factory starts operating in Hüti village in Hiiumaa 1678 - Revolt of the Hiiumaa Swedes 1679 - Dutch E Jacobson Bloedysel establishes a shipyard at the Port of Suursadam 1682 - A food box is made in Hiiumaa which, to date, is the oldest wooden object with a dated family mark in Estonia 1700 1710 - Hiiumaa becomes essentially part of the Russian Empire, peace treaty in 1721 1716-1720 - The island belongs to the Russian Admiralty 1755 - E. M. Stenbock restores his land rights in Hiiumaa; beginning of the construction of Suuremõisa Manor House 1758 - The Stackelbergs settle down in Kassari 1779-1782 - Emmaste estate (now a schoolhouse) is completed 1781 - Swedes from Reigi are forced to move to the new living place in Southern Ukraine 1781 - O. R. L. Von Ungern-Sternberg buys the estates of Nothern Hiiumaa and settles down there 1793 - Hat factory starts operating in Reigi parsonage 1796 - The Ungern-Sternbergs expropriate the Suuremõisa estate, and so they govern larger part of Hiiumaa 1800 1802 - Reigi stone church approaches completion 1803-1804 - O. R. L. Von Ungern-Sternberg is found quilty for killing captain Malm and is sent to Siberia 1819 - The main building of Putkaste estate approaches completion; this estate has been mentioned by the name of Saulepa already in 1524 1829 - The Ungern-Sternberg or the Hiiu-Kärdla cloth fabric starts operating 1848 - Sailing ship Hioma, the first Estonian ship to cross the equator, is constructed in Suursadam 1851 - K.-E. Von Bear visits Hiiumaa 1863 - Jojann Köler lives in Vaemla estate where he completes about a dozen paintings of Hiiumaa 1863 - New stone church is consecrated in Kärdla 1866 - Emmaste parish is formed: one year later the new stone church approaches completion 1867 - The 1st Hiiumaa Song festival is held in Leigri-Murru 1873 - Rudolf Tobias, one of the founders of serious music in Estonia, is born in Käina parish clerk house 1874-75 - Construction works of Ristna and Tahkuna lighthouses 1884 - Baptism is spreading around Hiiumaa 1890s - Three orthodox churches approached completion 1900 1905 - World politician Ernst Jaakson descending of native Hiiu people is born in Riga 1908 - Mänspe village gets a new church 1911 - First Estonian artificial silk factory is built to Kõrgessaare (Viscosa Ltd); sample production in 1914 1913 - Electricity in Hiiumaa; cinema arrives to Kärdla 1917-1918 - Germany occupation 1918 - Hiiumaa becomes part of the Independent Estonian Republic 1924 - First bus line starts work in Hiiumaa 1926 - First Hiiumaa Song Day 1938 - Kärdla received city rights 1939 - Beginning of the construction of soviet military bases 1940 - Estonia, including Hiiumaa, is occupied by military bases 1941 - First deportation to Siberia, World War II reaches to the island; cloth fabric is burnt down; beginning of the German occupation 1944 - Soviet armed forces occupy the island again 1948 - Fist collective farm is formed 1949 - First edition of the local newspaper Soviet Hiiumaa is published. Second deportation to Siberia 1950 - Hiiumaa becomes a separate region 1952 - Fish factory sarts operating in Kõrgessaare 1961 - First shipment of canned fish produced in Kõrgessaare 1971 - Cafeteria Rannapaargu is opened 1971 - A famous Hiiumaa wolf is caught, it is still preserved in exposition house of the Hiiumaa Museum in Kassari 1989 - Beginning of the restoration in Kõpu Lighthouse 1990 - First World Festival of People of Hiiumaa 1991 - Restoration of Independence in Estonia 1993 - Last Soviet army units leave the island 2000 2003 - First indoor swimming pool in Hiiumaa is opened in Käina ... ___________Getting There Edit This Mostly people come to Hiiumaa by ferries, either from mainland - Rohuküla (near Haapsalu) to Heltermaa (1,5 hour trip) or from Triigi (in Saaremaa island) to Sõru (60 min). Ferry schedules: www.laevakompanii.ee The quickiest way to reach Hiiumaa is by air. There are regular flights between Tallinn and Kärdla 6 days a week. Flight schedule: www.avies.ee :::::::::::Kärdla Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Drum (bridge) of Kärdla Drum (bridge) of Kärdla Tuuli Tammla This is the only major town in the island. Kärdla as a small Swedish village probably existed already in the 14th century, but the oldest and still preserved written note date back to the year 1564. Before Kärdla got its city rights at the beginning of 1938, it was quite famous as a factory settlement. Kertil, Kärtellby, Kertel, etc are the better known of its older names. Some place and family names hark back to the first inhabitants of Kärdla, the Swedes. The name Kärdla comes from the Swedish language and means a swampy, wet valley. The Nuutri River, which flows through town, got its name from a man called Knud or his farm. Kärdla is a garden city. Big gardens behind the little wooden houses, trenches and ditches with running water, lots of trees, bushes and flowers is an evidence of that. Old Kärdla or the part of the city closer to the sea is like a romantic city in miniature, a wonderful place where grandparents spend their time with their grandchildren. Kärdla started to develop especially rapidly when the Ungern-Sternbergs established a textile factory in 1829. The main article was a high quality manufactured woollen cloth - broadcloth. In 1941 retreating Soviet troops set fire to the factory’s main building and so the story of the factory ended.