Hiiumaa

Tahkuna peninsula is the most northern purpose of Hiiumaa

Hiiumaa (Finnish: Hiidenmaa, German: Dagö, Swedish: Dagö, Danish: Dagø) is the 2d largest isle (989 km²) belonging to Estonia. It is located inwards the Baltic Sea, northward of the isle of Saaremaa, a purpose of the West Estonian archipelago. Its largest town is Kärdla.
 Kõpu Lighthouse is 1 of the best-known landmarks

History
Archaeological show of the kickoff human short town inwards Hiiumaa dates to every bit early on every bit the quaternary century BC. The kickoff documented tape of the isle of Dageida was made past times contemporary chroniclers inwards 1228, at the fourth dimension when Hiiumaa, along alongside the residuum of Estonia, had been conquered past times Germanic crusaders. In 1254, Hiiumaa was divided betwixt the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek in addition to the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order, who were too partly acting on behalf of the Hanseatic League.
 Cars boarding the ferry to mainland at Heltermaa

The isle was purpose of Swedish Republic of Estonia from 1563–1720, afterward which it passed to the Russian Empire every bit purpose of the Governorate of Estonia, although Dagö's Swedish population kept most of their privileges. Most of the island's previously numerous Swedish-speaking population emigrated or were "Estonianised" during the menstruation of Imperial Russian rule, although a little minority remains to this day. Estonian Swedes are too known every bit "aibofolke" (meaning isle people inwards Swedish) or "rannarootslased" (meaning coastal Swedes inwards Estonian).
 Tahkuna lighthouse
Hiiumaa was occupied during World War I past times the Imperial High German Army, inwards Operation Albion. After the war, it became a purpose of independent Estonia. It was annexed past times the Soviet Union inwards 1940, past times Nazi Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany inwards 1941, in addition to past times the Soviets in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than inwards 1944. It was hence a purpose of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic until the Soviet Union's collapse inwards 1991. Since then, the isle has been a purpose of independent Estonia.
 Church of Kassari
Some maritime activities did spill out nigh the waters of Hiiumaa. The Soviet destroyer Gnevny was sunk 23rd June, 1941 afterward having hitting alongside the High German seamine. Two High German motor torpedo boats, S43 in addition to S106, were destroyed because of the Soviet seamines, 27th June, 1941. To the northward of Hiiumaa, on 1st July, 1941, the Soviet submarine M-81 was destroyed because of a High German seamine. On the Hiiumaa waters itself in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than on 25th June, the Soviet minesweeper T-208 Shkiv was hitting alongside a High German seamine in addition to was destroyed. The same happened to the Soviet minesweepers T-216, on seventh July, 1941 in addition to T-201 Zarjad, on 30th July, 1941. Also the Soviet submarine, SC-307, fired a torpedo at the High German submarine U-144, which sank, tenth August, 1941.
 Old work solid inwards Tammela
Transport
Road carry from Estonian mainland to Hiiumaa involves a 90-minute (28 km) ferry crossing from Rohuküla to Heltermaa, which is 25 km past times route from Kärdla. There are well-nigh 10 ferry departures a day. In the summertime weekends, getting automobile infinite on the ferry unremarkably requires advance booking. There are well-nigh ii scheduled buses a twenty-four hr menstruation betwixt Tallinn (the upper-case alphabetic lineament of Estonia) in addition to Kärdla.[3] In the winter, the isle tin john hold upwards reached, atmospheric condition permitting, via a 26.5 km H2O ice route (the longest inwards Europe) across the frozen Baltic Sea.

Hiiumaa is served past times Kärdla Airport, alongside regular flights to Tallinn.

Bicycle rental is available inwards Kärdla in addition to at that spot is a practiced bicycle path built from Kärdla towards Kõrgessaare.

Sõru museum









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