Mustjala

Mustjala
Village
Mustjala Church
Country	Estonia
County	Saare County
Parish	Saaremaa Parish
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Mustjala is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. ^[1]

Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Mustjala Parish. ^[2]

Admiralty Baltic Pilot Vol II mentions that Mustjala Church, a white stone building with a dark roof, as a 'Useful Mark' for shipping.

Name

Mustjala was attested in historical sources as Mustell in 1592. The name of the village is believed to be derived from the anthroponym *Mustjalg (genitive: *Mustjala) 'black leg'. ^[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mustjala include the following:

• Paul Saagpakk (1910–1996), linguist and lexicographer

References

1. "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
2. "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. "Mustjala". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

Mustjala primary school

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