Kursi is a village in

Põltsamaa Parish Põltsamaa ( et, Põltsamaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 2722 (2001) and an area of 416.9 km² (161.0 mi²). Populated places Põltsamaa Parish has one town, 3 small boroughs, an ...

Jõgeva County Jõgeva County ( et, Jõgeva maakond or ''Jõgevamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi C ...

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 ...

. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It's located about northeast of Puurmani, by the

Pedja River The Pedja ( et, Pedja jõgi) is the fourth longest river in Estonia. Its source is near Simuna on the southern slopes of the Pandivere Upland. The river flows for 122 km through Lääne-Viru, Jõgeva and Tartu counties before joining t ...

. Kursi has a population of 54 (as of 10 April 2006). Kursi Church is a mixture of

Baroque architecture Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means t ...

and

Gothic Revival architecture Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th cent ...

. It derives its present look due to alterations made by architect Johann Gottfired Mühlhausen.

Gallery

File:Kursi kirik 2009.jpg, Kursi church File:Kursi Church 05 2008.jpg,

References

Villages in Jõgeva County Kreis Dorpat {{Jõgeva-geo-stub