Reopalu Cemetery ( et, Reopalu kalmistu) is a cemetery in

Paide Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name ''Weißenstein'' (originally ''Wittenstein'' or ''Wittensten'' in Low German) means "white stone". This name was de ...

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 ...

. The cemetery was established in 1774.

Notable burials

August Wilhelm Hupel August Wilhelm Hupel ( in Buttelstedt near Weimar – in Paide) was a Baltic German publicist, estophile and linguist. In 1766–1767, he translated for ''Lühhike öppetus'', the first Estonian language periodical publication, edited by P ...

, Baltic German publicist, estophile and linguist *

Juhan Leinberg Juhan Leinberg (26 September 1812 – 28 August 1885), also known as prophet Maltsvet, was a founder of a religious sect named after him (the Maltsvetians) in Estonia. Juhan Leinberg was born in Norra Parish in Järvamaa. In his youth he was ...

(prophet Maltsvet), Estonian religious leader

References

External links

Reopalu Cemetery
entry in HAUDI (cemeteries' database) * {{Find a Grave cemetery Cemeteries in Estonia Lutheran cemeteries in Estonia Paide 1774 establishments in the Russian Empire Cemeteries established in the 1770s