Katku / Plague Traditional Cache
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[ENG] Katku spring, south of the Simuna church, is the head of the Pedja river. It's floating out from under the floor of a previous milk-cooling room. "Katk" meant a hole of a spring in old usage. Simuna church is one of the oldest in Estonia as the Dome Church in Tallinn (13th century) although its exact building time is unknown.
The present church with three aisles was built in the first half of the 15th century. The altar by Chr. Ackermann, a famous wood carver, was completed in 1685. The altarpiece was made by Carl Sigismund Walther at the beginning of the 19th century. The organ was built in 1889 by Gustav Normann and so it is one of the oldest organs made by an Estonian
The family of Carl Kügelgen, a famous landscapist and Karl von Neff, an artist, a professor of the Academy of Arts in St.Petersburg and the founder of Muuga estate, rest in Simuna churchyard.
The monument in front of the church is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of Simuna parish. The motto on the monument means "Better to die as a free man than to live as a slave"
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[EST] Katku allikat, mis voolab välja piimajahutusaida alt, peetakse 122 km pikkuse Pedja jõe alguseks. Paar km ida pool, Katkuküla all, asus küll kaugem allikas, kuid see on aiakujunduse käigus jäänud tiigi põhja, väljavoolav oja aga muudetud kraaviks. (Katk tähendas vanas kõnepruugis allikaauku).
Allikale lähenedes möödute ka Simuna kirikust, mis on ehitusmälestis 13. sajandist. Simuna kirikuaias puhkab maastikumaalija Carl von Kügelgeni perekond, ka Muuga mõisa rajaja kunstnik Karl von Neff. Mälestussammas kiriku ees on pühendatud Simuna kihelkonna langenud sõdureile.
Karp sisaldab geopeituse juhendit, pliiatsit, logiraamatut ja veidi nänni.
Pildid aarde lähiümbrusest on oodatud! :)
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[EST] Znncvaqn rv gbuv xnringn!
[ENG] Ab qvttvat gur tebhaq!
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