Liiva is a village on the

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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 isl ...

. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It is the administrative centre of

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, Abru ...

and also is the largest village in the municipality with a population of 189 (as of 1 January 2012). Liiva is situated in the heart of the island by the main road (segment of the

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Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

road, nr 10). Liiva is the location of the

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Muhu St. Catherine's Church Muhu St. Catherine's Church, ( et, Muhu Katariina kirik) sometimes simply Muhu Church, is a medieval Lutheran church on Muhu island, in Saare County, Estonia. History The church was founded by the master of the Livonian Order Otto von Lutterberg ...

from the 13th century. Not far from the church there is a

rectory A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically ow ...

from 1832, where a famous physiologist, founder of the

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theory Alexander Schmidt was born. Liiva is home to the Muhu Primary School with about 100 pupils. There's also a library, supermarket (Konsum), post office and a pharmacy in the village.

Gallery

File:Muhu Church by Paul Raud.jpg, Muhu Church by

Paul Raud Paul Raud ( in Kirikuküla, Viru-Jaagupi Parish – 22 November 1930 in Tallinn) was an Estonian painter. Life and works The twin brother of painter Kristjan Raud, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf beginning in 1886, becoming influenc ...

(1898) File:03 01 05 042.jpg, Front view File:Muhu Katariina kirik 2011 07.jpg, Rear view File:Katariina kirik Muhul2.jpg, Inside view File:Liiva Muhu.jpg, Handicraft shop in Liiva File:Muhu Põhikool Liiva külas.JPG, Muhu primary school in Liiva File:Liiva kalakohvik.JPG, Cafe in Liiva File:Liiva Muhu turg.jpg, Liiva market File:Liiva raamatukogu.JPG, Liiva library

References

External links

Muhu ParishMuhu St. Catherine's CongregationMuhu Primary School
Villages in Saare County Populated coastal places in Estonia {{Saare-geo-stub