57.909721, 22.055279
GPS: 57° 54' 35" N, 22° 3' 19" E
Salme river here marks the place of the strait that phased out about 2000 years ago. The peninsula ends with the Sõrve neck and following islets in Irben Strait. The peninsula was first mentioned in 1234 by the name Sworve. The history of the light houses on the island goes back to the year 1646 when the governor general of Livonia, Gabriel Oxenstierna, demanded there must be one. "Must end this run on the rocks," he might have thought which makes one think about all the secret wrecks still there in the bottom of the sea.
In 1925, as many as 9 windmills were standing on the top of Windmill Mountain. Five of them, having survived until today, also give a powerful impression. Four out of the five Angla windmills are typical trestle windmills, characteristic of Island Saare...
Although a steady ship connection between Saaremaa and the main land was set already in the 17th century and the ice bridge helped out in winter the connection still depended on the weather. Having been built from the both ends the dam was finished in 1...
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