Reigi

Reigi
Village
Church in Reigi
Reigi
Coordinates: 59°00′N22°32′E / 59.000°N 22.533°E / 59.000; 22.533
Country	Estonia
County	Hiiu County
Parish	Hiiumaa Parish
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Reigi (German : Roicks) is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. ^[1]

History

In 1984, the Estonian writer Herman Sergo published the novel Näkimadalad, whose title is based on the name of the Nekmangrund shoal. In his three-volume work, Sergo portrays the tragic fate of the Estonian Swedes living in the village of Reigi, located south of the shoal on Hiiumaa Island, who were deported in the 18th century to southern Ukraine following a Russian Imperial decree. ^[2]

People

• Carl Ludvig Lithander (1773–1843), classical composer and military officer, born in Reigi

See also

• Reigilaid
• Hiiu Shoal

References

1. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 ^{[ dead link ]} (retrieved 28 July 2021)
2. Estonian Literature Archived 2009-12-22 at the Wayback Machine