Paluküla Church

Paluküla Church is located in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County, Estonia. The church was founded by the baronial family of Ungern-Sternberg in 1820. Until 1939, it was in use as a supporting chapel for the Kärdla church.

Internal view
Aerial view of church

Paluküla Church had 100 seats. There was no pastorate or graveyard near the church, just a church in a woodland close to the road. In 1939, the Soviet military used the building as a warehouse and the tower as a lookout position. After the Second World War, the building was not active as a church and it served as a warehouse while being gradually abandoned until, in 1989, the tower was ruined by a fire.[1]

The church functions as a rear sea mark in range with Hiiessaare Lighthouse.[2]

References
  1. Paluküla church Archived 2018-09-10 at the Wayback Machine hiiumaa.ee
    - Paluküla Kirik Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine 7is7.com
  2. "Navigatsioonimärgi 626, Paluküla kirik andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2019.


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