Abruka

{{Short description|Island village in Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Abruka

| settlement_type = village

| image_skyline = Abruka maja, 2010.jpg

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| image_caption = The oldest building on Abruka: The Abruka House (Abruka maja).

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| image_map = Abruka-pos.jpg

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| map_caption = Location of Abruka in Estonia.

| coordinates = {{coord|58|09|50|N|22|30|14|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Saare County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Saaremaa Parish

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| area_footnotes = ^{(Area of village)}

| area_total_km2 = 10.1

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| population_total = 33

| population_as_of = 01.01.2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Abruka ({{langx|de|Abro}}) is a village in Estonia, primarily composed of the {{convert|8.78|sqkm|abbr=on}} island of Abruka in the Gulf of Riga, 4 km south of the island of Saaremaa. The village includes the smaller adjacent islands of Vahase, Kasselaid, Linnusitamaa and Kirjurahu, resulting in a total area of {{convert|10.1|sqkm|abbr=on}}.

Abruka is part of Saaremaa Parish, Saare County.{{EHAK|1064}} (retrieved 28 July 2021) The village has a population of 33 (as of 1 January 2011).{{cite web|title=Kaarma valla asulate nimekiri seisuga 01.01.2011 |url=http://www.kaarma.ee/page.asp?p=87 |publisher=Kaarma vald |access-date=2 April 2011 |language=et |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606215149/http://www.kaarma.ee/page.asp?p=87 |archive-date=6 June 2007 }}

The first records about the population on Abruka originate from the Middle Ages, when the area was ruled by the Prussian State of the Teutonic Order; the Bishop of Ösel-Wiek founded a horse breeding manor on the largest island, named Abro in the Teutonic Order's Low German language. Permanent population developed in the 18th century. From 1881–1972, an elementary school operated on Abruka.{{cite web|title=Abruka küla|url=http://www.eestigiid.ee/?CatID=291&ItemID=2921|publisher=eestigiid.ee|access-date=23 May 2011|language=et}}

Abruka is the site of a Central European-type broadleaf forest, which is rare in the region. To protect this a nature reserve was created in 1937.

There's a library (located in the harbour building) and a museum which is located on the side of the former manor park in the oldest building on Abruka (The Abruka House).{{cite web|title=Ajalugu|url=http://www.abruka.pri.ee/ajalugu.htm|access-date=2 April 2011|language=et|archive-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722100751/http://abruka.pri.ee/ajalugu.htm|url-status=dead}}

Abruka can be reached by postboat Heili from Roomassaare harbour in Kuressaare.{{cite web|title=Location |url=http://www.abruka.ee/english/asukoht.html |publisher=abruka.ee |access-date=2 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322054937/http://www.abruka.ee/english/asukoht.html |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}

The twin writers Jüri Tuulik and Ülo Tuulik (born 1940) were born on Abruka.