EST: Häh, ma võiks nimetada une pealt veel 50 samasugust küla ja kui natuke järgi mõelda, siis teise 50 kah, ütleb selle aarde peale saarlane. Ja just täpselt nii ongi. Nimelt jagati 19. sajandi esimese poole talurahvaseadustega seni küla ühisomandiks olnud maad taludele kruntidesse ja lisaks pidi mõisniku kulul viidama hooned uuele krundile. Mõeldi küll igasuguseid skeeme välja – kus on maad päikesekiirtena ümber küla, kus siiludena tee ääres – aga üks selle reformi kõrvalnähte oligi sumbküla kadumine suuremast osast Eestist. Paraku oli Saaremaa (ja muu Lääne-Eesti) nii kehval järjel, et see reform ei edenenud kohe kuidagi. Siis tuli teine ilmasõda peale ja sinna see asi jäi. Keda teema rohkem huvitab, siis Troska „Eesti küla 19. sajandil“ ja Virma „ Maasuhted, maakasutus ja maakorraldus Eestis“ aitavad edasi.
Aare on lihtne multikas ja näitab kahte tüüpilist Saaremaa sumbküla, Kehilat ja Tammeset. Vaatamist on seekord pigem punktide vahel, mitte punktides endas – traditsiooniline Saaremaa külamaastik, kus talud puntras koos, tee kitsas ja kiviaedadega, majad kah sellised vanaaegsed. Sõida ja vahi ringi. Lõpus võta tünnil kaas maha, tünn ise jäta rahule. Pliiats võta ise kaasa.
ENG: Well, I can possibly find another 50 similar villages without any hesitation, a local would say. And he is right. The point is the land reforms of the early 19th century asked the landlords to divide the lands commonly owned by the villagers into farmsteads and to move the buildings onto that new plot. Many ways were tried to create the boundaries so that there would be no need to remove the houses but mostly they failed. So one of the by-products of the reforms was the end of the traditional village type where ouses were gathered close together around a central green or street. However, Saaremaa and most of the western part of the country were so poor that this reform took off very slowly. Then WWII brooke out and noone talked about the reform anymore.
Te cache is a simple multi and shows two villages typical to Saaremaa, Kehila and Tammese. What is between the waypoints is perhaps more interesting – a traditional village landscape of Saaremaa, with farms close together, roads winding and followed by stone fences, houses looking old. Just drive and look around. In the end, just remove the lid off the container, don’t try to grasp the container itself. Bring your own pencil.