Pöide Parish was a municipality in

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 ...

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. The municipality covered an area of 123.6 km² (47.7 mi²) and had a population of 953 (as of 1 January 2006). During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality –

Saaremaa Parish Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...

Villages

Ardla - Are - Iruste - Kahutsi -

Kakuna Kakuna may refer to: * Kakuna (Pokémon), a generation I Pokémon * Kakuna, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa * ''Kakuna'' (planthopper), a genus in the family Delphacidae {{disambiguation ...

- Kanissaare - Kärneri - Keskvere - Koigi - Kõrkvere - Kübassaare -

Leisi Leisi is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the borough was administrative centre of Leisi Parish. File:Võlupe rändrahn, ostrov Saaremaa, Estonsko 6.jpg, Võlupe Glacia ...

- Levala - Metsara - Mui - Muraja - Neemi - Nenu - Oti - Puka -

Pöide Pöide (german: Peude) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, on the eastern part of Saaremaa Island, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the n ...

- Reina - Sundimetsa - Talila - Tornimäe - Ula - Unguma - Uuemõisa - Välta -

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Pöide Church

Pöide Church is located in Pöide Parish. Pöide St. Mary's church dominates the surrounding low countryside. Due to its massiveness, it gives the impression of a fortress rather than a church. Indeed, its history is entwined with

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...

's battles and fortresses. After the conquest of Saaremaa in 1227, the eastern part of Saaremaa belonged to the

Livonian Order The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation. History The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after the ...

, who built a fortress at Pöide as their headquarters during the second half of the 13th century. This fortress was destroyed by the Saarlanders during the wave of uprisings against the occupying forces that took place in Estonia and Saaremaa during St.George's Night Uprising of 1343. There was a chapel on the southern side of the fortress, and the walls of this chapel form the central part of Pöide Church. The church was last burnt and its interior completely destroyed during

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. It is slowly being restored.

Manors

church Manor (Pastorat Peude) * Audla (Hauküll) - A Knight manor * Kahtla (Kachtla, Kjachtla) - A State manor * Keskvere (Keskfer) - A State manor * Kingli (Müllershof) - A Knight manor * Koigi (Koik) - A Knight manor * Kõiguste (Koigust) - A State manor * Kübassaare (Kübbasaar) - A support manor of Uuemõisa manor * Laimjala (Laimjall) - A Knight manor *

Maasi Maasi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, on the eastern part of Saaremaa Island, Estonia. It is located just northwest from Orissaare, the administrative centre of the municipality. Maasi is bordered by Väike väin Straits on its no ...

(Masik) - A State manor * Muraja (Murajo) - A support manor of Uuemõisa manor *

Orissaare Orissaare is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia on the island of Saaremaa. Orissaare TV Mast (180 m) is located in Orissaare. An oak growing in the middle of Orissaare stadium won the title of European Tree o ...

(Orrisaar) - A Knight manor * Oti (Peudehof) - A Knight manor * Reina or Salli (Saltack) - A Knight manor * Saare (Holmhof) - A Knighthood manor * Tumala (Thomel) - A Knight manor * Uuemõisa (Neuenhof) - A State manor

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Villages

Pöide Church

Manors

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