Kassari
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 Beach of Kassari | |
  Location within Estonia | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 58°48′00″N 22°50′00″E / 58.80000°N 22.83333°E |
| Area | 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
County | Hiiu County |
Kassari is an Estonian island. It has an area of 19.3 km2 with a population of around 300. It has a museum dedicated to Oskar Kallas and Aino Kallas.
The philosopher and pedagogue Ülo Kaevats (1947–2015) was born on Kassari.
The tongue of land in Kassari
Name
Kassari is first mentioned in the year 1520 as Cassar und Kakar. In 1564 it was being called Kaskesara, Kasaßari Hollma and Kasksarske Wacke (1688), Cassari Holma (1709) and in 1770, Kassaro and Kassar.
Linguists Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Russwurm, Paul Ariste and Lauri Kettunen have all come to the conclusion, that the name of the island has come from the words birch (kask) and island (saar).
See also
References
- ↑ "Baltics: Experience Estonia's islands in autumn". The Baltic Review. 2020-10-22. Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ↑ "22284 Aino Kallase suvemaja • Mälestiste otsing • Mälestised". register.muinas.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ "Kassarimaa 18 detsember 2017 — DIGAR Eesti artiklid". dea.digar.ee. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- 1 2 Eesti kohanimeraamat, lk 181.
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