Puhja is a
small borough ( et, alevik) in
Tartu County
Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% ...
, in
Elva Parish
Elva is a rural parish in the Estonian Tartu County with an area of . As of 2017, it has a population of 14241 inhabitants. It was created in 2017 from the merger of the municipality Elva with the rural communities Konguta Parish, Puhja Parish, ...
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 ...
. It was the administrative centre of
Puhja Parish
Puhja Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
Gallery
File:Puhja.jpg, The local government building in Puhja
Puhja is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Tartu County, in Elva Parish Estonia. It was the adminis ...
. Puhja has a population of 859 (as of 1 January 2021).
Puhja church, originally dedicated to
St. Dionysius, dates from the mid-14th century. It is built of
brick, typically for medieval churches in south Estonia. After being damaged during the 15th century, it was substantially rebuilt around 1490. The
Baroque tower spire dates from the 18th century, while the interior is mostly
Neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
and dates from the 19th century. In the adjacent cemetery, there are memorials dedicated to local pastor and translator
Adrian Virginius (1663-1706) and poet
Käsu Hans (died 1715).
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Puhja include:
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Hans Kauri (1906–1999), entomologist and politician
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Kuldar Sikk (born 1979), professional rally co-driver
References
External links
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Puhja Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Dorpat
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