Kambja
{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}
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Kambja ({{langx|de|Kamby}}) is a small borough ({{langx|et|alevik}}) in Tartu County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Kambja Parish.
Earlier there was located Vastse-Kambja manor (Neu-Kamby).{{KNAB|Vastse-Kambja|96019634}} (retrieved 20 March 2020)
St. Martin's Church
Kambja Church burned down several times, but was always rebuilt. The first mention of Kambja and the church at its present location dates to as early as 1330. After the first fire in 1558, it took 84 years to rebuild the church. Again was it destroyed in 1704 during the Great Northern War. Renovation were finished in 1721 and those walls are the basis for the present building. In 1874 an extension was built; there were ten thousand members in the parish around that time. In 1937 a new northern tower with staircases was built.
During World War II, on 19 August 1944, the church was bombed by the invading Russian troops. The new Soviet regime did not allow the church to be rebuilt, and the congregation was forced to close. The church remained in ruins until 1987, when the times started to change and on the initiative of Ivar Tedrema, the state farm director at that time, and with the help of school principal Madis Linnamägi, Toivo Traksmaa and many others, the renovation began. The Lutheran congregation was re-established in 1994.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Kambja include the following:
- Felix Johannes Oinas (1911–2004), folklorist, linguist, and translator{{cite book |last1=Oinas |first1=Felix J. |last2=Undusk |first2=Jaan |title=Surematu Kalevipoeg |date=1994 |publisher=K/K |location=Tallinn |page=172}}
Gallery
File:WMEE-exp2019-(007) Kambja.jpg|Village and lake
Kambja church 05.JPG|Church
Vabadussõja mälestussammas Kambjas.JPG|Monument to the Estonian War of Independence
Kambja kalmistu (2014).JPG|Cemetery
Kambja kool.JPG|School
Kambja järv.JPG|Lake
See also
{{Portal|Estonia}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.kambja.ee Kambja Parish] {{in lang|et}}
{{Kambja Parish}}
{{Boroughs of Estonia}}