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...
It is most probable that the building of the church, one of the smallest in Estonia,
started in the first quarter of the 14th century but was interrupted frequently for unknown
reasons. Some of the demure scenes in A. H. Tammsaare’s epic novel “Tr...