Location: Paide tee 4, Koeru alevik, Koeru vald, Järvamaa
It was in1253 that the bishop of Tallinn, Torkill, was given land in Koeru. It is probable
that the church was erected some time after that. The tower of the church has a fort-like
upper floor, a reminder of the times that churches had to offer sh...
You might think it's a fort and not a church and the ruins of a fort from the 13th century are there too. The church loaned its walls from the chapel that stood there along the fort. Hit by lightning the church burned in 1940 after which it gained even ...
The exact date of building the church is unknown. It is believed though it was there by
the 15th century the latest. Seemingly it was in ruins for most of the 17th century. When
restored in 1836 it was destroyed again in the II World War. Since on...
Three sacral buildings are known to have been existing in Otepää in the Middle Ages.
It is believed the St. Michael’s mentioned in 1638 was the predecessor of the current
one. Having been heavily damaged during the different wars a new chur...
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