Koguva is a village on the

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n island of

Muhu Muhu (also called Muhumaa in Estonian), is an island in the West Estonian archipelago of the Baltic Sea. With an area of it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Together with neighbouring smaller is ...

. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Administratively it belongs to the

Muhu Parish , leader_title = , leader_party = , seat = Liiva , subdivision_name1 = Saare County , subdivision_name = Estonia , subdivision_type ...

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, A ...

. Koguva is located on the western top of the island, small Kõinastu islet is located just northwest in the

Väinameri The Väinameri (Estonian for ''Strait Sea'' or ''Sea of Straits'') or Väinameri Sea is a strait and sub-bay of the Baltic Sea, located between the West Estonian Archipelago and the Estonian mainland, within western Estonia. It is the northern se ...

Sea. In 2000 Koguva had a population of 30. Koguva was first mentioned in 1532 by Wolter von Plettenberg in document to grant freedom for peasant called Hansken and his son and their descendants. Hansken descendants became called by the surname Schmuul later. Koguva is a small, rural village. There are many buildings that are centuries old, dating back to feudal times under Swedish rule, and are still in use today. The northern shore of

, which is claimed to have the clearest water anywhere in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

, is only a short distance away. Koguva offers two bigger countryside places of accommodation right next to each other and some smaller places too. Writer Juhan Smuul (1922–1971) was born in Koguva and owned his father's farm there until his death. He was a descendant of Hansken but used a simpler surname later in his life. Juhan Smuul's museum was in Koguva from 1970's and has been converted to Muhu Museum in the 1990s.

Gallery

File:Muhumuseum.jpg, Tooma farmstead in Muhu Museum. File:Koguva sadam.JPG, Koguva harbour File:Windmill in Koguva(Estonia).jpg, One of three windmills in Koguva. File:Koguva küla Välja talu vana elumaja*.JPG, Välja farmhouse File:Koguva sadam 2015.jpg, Koguva harbour (aerial view).

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External links

Koguva village society

Koguva HarbourMuhu Museum360° Panorama of KoguvaPärdi GuesthouseVanatoa Recreational Farm
Villages in Saare County {{Saare-geo-stub