Karepa

Karepa
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CountryEstonia
CountyLääne-Viru County
ParishHaljala Parish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.[1]

Kalame Farm Museum

The Kalame Farm Museum (or Richard Sagrits Museum) is a farm museum in the village. Part of the museum's collection presents the Estonian painter Richard Sagrits.[2] The most unique part of the museum complex is a silmuköök (a building with a stove for cooking river lampreys).[2] The museum is part of the Virumaa Museums foundation.[2]

Notable people

  • Villem Alttoa (1898–1975), literary scholar, was born in Karepa.
  • Vladimir Bogatkin (1922–1971), artist, had a summer home in Karepa and depicted the landscape around Karepa in his works.
  • Villem Gross (1922–2001), writer, had a summer home in Karepa.
  • Valli Lember-Bogatkina (1921–2016), artist, had a summer home in Karepa.
  • Richard Sagrits (1910–1968), painter, was born in Karepa. His house-museum is located in the village.
  • Jaan Zimmermann (1880–1942), entrepreneur, owned the Villa Dombrovka in Karepa.

References

  1. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  2. ^ a b c "Richard Sagrits ja Kalame talu - Virumaa Muuseumid". virumaamuuseumid.ee (in Estonian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.


59°32′N 26°25′E / 59.533°N 26.417°E / 59.533; 26.417


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