Kassari (village)

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Kassari
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Kassari
Coordinates: 58°48′N22°50′E / 58.800°N 22.833°E / 58.800; 22.833
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
County Hiiu County
Parish Hiiumaa Parish
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Kassari is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia, on Kassari Island. [1]

Historically, the village was part of Kassari Manor (German : Kassar). In the 1920s the manor was changed to Kassari settlement (Estonian : Kassari asundus). Kassari got its village status around 1939. In 1977, the Uusküla village was merged into Kassari village. [2]

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References

  1. "X-GIS(4) Portal". xgis.maaamet.ee. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "[KNR] Dictionary of Estonian Place names". www.eki.ee. Retrieved 18 April 2022.