Kassari is a village in
Hiiumaa Parish
Hiiumaa Parish ( Estonian: ''Hiiumaa vald'') is a rural municipality of Estonia on the island of Hiiumaa. Hiiumaa Parish was established by merging Emmaste Parish, Hiiu Parish, Käina Parish and Pühalepa Parish after the municipal elections held ...
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Hiiu County in northwestern
Estonia
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Kassari
Kassari is an Estonian island. It has an area of 19.3 km2 with a population of around 300. It has a museum dedicated to Oskar Kallas and Aino Kallas.
The philosopher and pedagogue Ülo Kaevats (born 1947) was born on Kassari.
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Island.
Historically, the village was part of Kassari Manor (). In the 1920s the manor was changed to Kassari settlement (). Kassari got its village status around 1939. In 1977, the Uusküla village was merged into Kassari village.
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Villages in Hiiu County
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