Kambja Church burned down several times, but was always rebuilt. The first mention of Kambja and the church at its present location dates to as early as 1330. After the first fire in 1558, it took 84 years to rebuild the church. Again was it destroyed in 1704 during the Great Northern War. Renovation were finished in 1721 and those walls are the basis for the present building. In 1874 an extension was built; there were ten thousand members in the parish around that time. In 1937 a new northern tower with staircases was built.
During World War II, on 19 August 1944, the church was bombed by the invading Russian troops. The new Soviet regime did not allow the church to be rebuilt and the congregation was forced to close.
The church remained in ruins until 1987, when the times started to change and on the initiative of Ivar Tedrema, the state farm director at that time, and with the help of school principal Madis Linnamägi, Toivo Traksmaa and many others, the renovation began.
The Lutheran congregation was re-established in 1994.
kambja, small, borough, estonian, alevik, tartu, county, estonia, administrative, centre, parish, small, boroughvastse, manor, house, housing, local, governmentcoordinates, 23417, 69306, 23417, 69306country, estoniacountytartuparishtime, zoneutc, summer, eest,. Kambja is a small borough Estonian alevik in Tartu County Estonia It is the administrative centre of Kambja Parish KambjaSmall boroughVastse Kambja manor house now housing the Kambja local governmentKambjaCoordinates 58 14 3 N 26 41 35 E 58 23417 N 26 69306 E 58 23417 26 69306Country EstoniaCountyTartuParishKambjaTime zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Earlier there was located Vastse Kambja manor Neu Kamby 1 Contents 1 Kambja St Martin s Church 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksKambja St Martin s Church editKambja Church burned down several times but was always rebuilt The first mention of Kambja and the church at its present location dates to as early as 1330 After the first fire in 1558 it took 84 years to rebuild the church Again was it destroyed in 1704 during the Great Northern War Renovation were finished in 1721 and those walls are the basis for the present building In 1874 an extension was built there were ten thousand members in the parish around that time In 1937 a new northern tower with staircases was built During World War II on 19 August 1944 the church was bombed by the invading Russian troops The new Soviet regime did not allow the church to be rebuilt and the congregation was forced to close The church remained in ruins until 1987 when the times started to change and on the initiative of Ivar Tedrema the state farm director at that time and with the help of school principal Madis Linnamagi Toivo Traksmaa and many others the renovation began The Lutheran congregation was re established in 1994 Gallery edit nbsp Kambja village and lake nbsp Kambja church nbsp Monument to the Estonian War of Independence nbsp Kambja cemetery nbsp Kambja School nbsp Kambja lakeSee also editSK 10 Premium TartuReferences edit Vastse Kambja entry in Place Names Database KNAB 1 retrieved 20 March 2020 External links editKambja Parish in Estonian nbsp Estonia portal nbsp This Estonia location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kambja amp oldid 1098195760, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
