Discover Emmaste and find hotels

Emmaste offers several points of interest to help you plan your trip: the manor, church and cemetery shape the village’s history, while the pine forest and outdoor fitness area offer opportunities to get active. If you’re looking for a hotel in Emmaste, consider whether you’d like to focus mainly on historic sites, physical activities, or both.

Getting active and finding your way around the village

Emmaste’s disc golf park has nine baskets in the Emmaste pine forest. The low ropes course is in the central pine forest, between the shop and the community centre. If you’d rather work out on equipment, the outdoor fitness area has six machines for training all muscle groups.

The village is also listed as a stop on the “Külaelu lummuses” route.

Manor history and historic buildings

Emmaste Manor was founded in the 18th century and became an independent manor after separating from Suuremõisa Manor. It was founded in 1779, when Jakob Pontus Stenbock established it in place of the relocated village of Emmaste. Since 1920, Emmaste School has been housed in the manor’s main building. The founding period and the building’s later use as a school are distinct chapters in the village’s history.

Another historical layer is represented by the buildings of the Emmaste parsonage, which were built in the 19th century. The main building was designated a cultural monument in 1999. Here, the focus is on the buildings’ construction period and the main building’s later designation.

Church, art and service times

Emmaste Immanuel Church was consecrated on 24 September 1867. Among the church’s notable artworks is Tõnis Greinzein’s 1900 altarpiece, “The Resurrection.” The consecration year and the year of the altarpiece mark two different points of reference: the church’s history and a specifically dated work of art.

Services at Emmaste Church follow different schedules: a service is held at 11:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month, and evening prayer takes place at 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays. If you’d like to plan your visit around one of these times, check the service schedule beforehand.

Cemetery and nearby places

Emmaste Cemetery has an unusual northeast-to-southwest burial orientation. Juhan Maaker, known as Torupilli-Juss, and his nephew Aleksander Maaker, known as Torupilli-Sass, are buried there. The cemetery’s orientation and the named graves offer different insights into this place.

Further afield, today’s Mänspäe Chapel was built as a branch church of Emmaste Church and consecrated on 26 October 1908. Sõru Museum is also part of the wider historical area: it is located in the village of Pärna, in the former municipality of Emmaste, and is part of the Sõru Maritime Centre complex.

Emmaste Teemaja serves homemade food. If you’re planning to eat there, check the latest opening details before your visit.

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