Urvaste Church
Urvaste Church is a church in Kirikuküla, Antsla Parish, Võru County. Urvaste Church is situated nearby to the hamlet Kirikuküla, as well as near the lake Konksi järv.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Protestant
- Description: church in Estonia
- Address: Kirikuküla, 66512
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tamme-Lauri oak.
Tamme-Lauri oak
Photo: Õväküvä, Public domain.
The Tamme-Lauri oak is a large common oak. It is the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia and is located in Antsla Parish, Võru County. The height of the tree is 17 metres, and the circumference is 831 centimetres, measured 130 centimetres from the ground. Tamme-Lauri oak is situated 2 km east of Urvaste Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirikuküla and Pihleni.
Kirikuküla
Hamlet
Kirikuküla is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in Estonia. Urvaste church dates from the early 14th century and is the only medieval rural church in Estonia built in the form of a basilica.
Pihleni
Hamlet
Pihleni is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in Estonia. As of the 2021 census, the population was 61.
Urvaste
Hamlet
Photo: Abrget47j, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urvaste is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Urvaste Parish. Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia, is located near Urvaste.
Urvaste Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kirikuküla, Antsla Parish, Võru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.91031° or 57° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
26.54368° or 26° 32′ 37″ eastOpen location code
9G98WG6V+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 248868420OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=protestantWikidata ID
Q12377837
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Võro—“Urvaste Church” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Urvaste kirik”
- Estonian: “Urvaste Püha Urbanuse kirik”
- Swedish: “Urvaste kirik”
- Võro: “Urvastõ kerik”
- “Urvastõ kerik”
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Highlights include Konksi järv and Urvaste surnuaed.
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