List of churches in Estonia

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This is the List of churches in Estonia. It does not include minor chapels or church ruins. Note that the "Year" here denotes the year that the construction of the church began or finished, when it was inaugurated, or the main construction period of the church in question.

Churches in Estonia

Harju County

For churches in Tallinn, see section below.

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Harju-Jaani Church	Protestant	1860-1863	Raasiku 59°22′26″N 25°11′19″E / 59.37389°N 25.18861°E			[1]
Harju-Madise Church	Protestant	13th century	Madise 59°17′23″N 24°07′23″E / 59.28972°N 24.12306°E			[1]
Harju-Risti Church	Protestant	c. 1330	Harju-Risti 59°13′51″N 23°59′54″E / 59.23083°N 23.99833°E		Contains the oldest church bell in Estonia.	[1]
Jõelähtme Church	Protestant	First third of 14th century	Jõelähtme 59°26′44″N 25°07′28″E / 59.44556°N 25.12444°E			[1]
Jüri Church	Protestant	1884	Jüri 59°21′17″N 24°53′41″E / 59.35472°N 24.89472°E			[1]
Keila Church	Protestant	c. 1280	Keila 59°18′28″N 24°25′46″E / 59.30778°N 24.42944°E			[1]
Kose Church	Protestant	c. 1370	Kose 59°11′15″N 25°09′57″E / 59.18750°N 25.16583°E			[1]
Kuusalu Church	Protestant	Late 13th century	Kuusalu 59°26′43″N 25°26′13″E / 59.44528°N 25.43694°E			[1]
Leesi Church	Protestant	1867	Leesi 59°36′13″N 25°30′00″E / 59.60361°N 25.50000°E			[2]
Loksa Church	Protestant	1847-1853	Loksa 59°35′03″N 25°42′49″E / 59.58417°N 25.71361°E			[1]
Maardu Archangel Michael Church	Orthodox		Maardu 59°29′05″N 25°01′15″E / 59.48472°N 25.02083°E
Nissi Church	Protestant	1871-1873	Riisipere 59°06′14″N 24°18′34″E / 59.10389°N 24.30944°E		Designed by architect David Grimm.	[1]
Prangli Church	Protestant		Prangli 59°37′28″N 25°01′15″E / 59.62444°N 25.02083°E
Rannamõisa Church	Protestant		Rannamõisa 59°26′34″N 24°30′40″E / 59.44278°N 24.51111°E
Saha Chapel	Protestant	c. 1220	Saha 59°25′14″N 24°58′57″E / 59.42056°N 24.98250°E			[1]
Paldiski St. George Church	Orthodox	1784-1787	Paldiski 59°20′57″N 24°03′12″E / 59.34917°N 24.05333°E
Paldiski St. Nicolas Church	Protestant	1841	Paldiski 59°21′02″N 24°03′06″E / 59.35056°N 24.05167°E
Tuhala Church	Protestant		Tuhala 59°11′43″N 24°58′01″E / 59.19528°N 24.96694°E

Hiiu County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Kassari Chapel	Protestant	18th century	Kassari 58°48′37″N 22°51′52″E / 58.81028°N 22.86444°E
Kuriste Church	Estonian Orthodox	1873	Kuriste 58°47′56″N 22°37′14″E / 58.79889°N 22.62056°E			[3]
Käina Church	Protestant	c. 1500	Käina 58°49′44″N 22°46′34″E / 58.82889°N 22.77611°E		Largely destroyed during World War II.	[1]
Kärdla Church	Protestant		Kärdla 59°00′10″N 22°45′09″E / 59.00278°N 22.75250°E
Malvaste Chapel	Orthodox		Malvaste 59°01′40″N 22°35′15″E / 59.02778°N 22.58750°E
Paluküla Church	Protestant		Paluküla 58°59′13″N 22°48′18″E / 58.98694°N 22.80500°E
Pühalepa Church	Protestant	13th century	Pühalepa 58°52′24″N 22°57′20″E / 58.87333°N 22.95556°E		Oldest building on Hiiumaa island.	[1]
Reigi Church	Protestant	1779-1802	Reigi 58°58′58″N 22°30′35″E / 58.98278°N 22.50972°E			[1]

Ida-Viru County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Avinurme Church	Protestant	1903-1909	Avinurme 58°59′07″N 26°51′45″E / 58.98528°N 26.86250°E		Designed by Professor Wilhelm von Stryk of the Riga Polytechnical Institute of Architecture.	[4]
Jõhvi St. Michael's Church	Protestant	Mid 14th-century	Jõhvi 59°21′34″N 27°24′39″E / 59.35944°N 27.41083°E		Looted by Russian troops during the Livonian War; damaged during the Great Northern War (1703) and in World War II (1941). Restored in 1984.	[1][5]
Jõhvi Orthodox Church	Orthodox		Jõhvi
Lohusuu Orthodox Church	Orthodox		58°56′45″N 27°03′27″E / 58.94583°N 27.05750°E
Lüganuse Church	Protestant	Mid 14th century	Lüganuse 59°22′45″N 27°02′23″E / 59.37917°N 27.03972°E		Named after the Lüggenhusen family, whose ancestors founded it. Badly damaged during World War II, but restoration began in 1951.	[1][6]
Narva Alexander Cathedral	Protestant	1881-1884	Narva 59°22′14″N 28°12′07″E / 59.37056°N 28.20194°E		Designed by architect Otto Pius Hippius.	[1]
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Narva	Orthodox	1890-1898	Narva 59°22′16″N 28°11′36″E / 59.37111°N 28.19333°E			[7]
Pühtitsa Convent	Orthodox	1910	Kuremäe 59°12′09″N 27°32′11″E / 59.20250°N 27.53639°E		Built in a Russian Revival style to a design by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, the main cathedral of the convent was completed in 1910.
Tudulinna Church	Protestant	1939	Tudulinna 59°2′12″N 27°4′36″E / 59.03667°N 27.07667°E		Built beside the old wooden church, erected in 1766.	[8]

Jõgeva County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Kodavere Church	Protestant	1775-1777	Kodavere 58°41′32″N 27°09′02″E / 58.69222°N 27.15056°E		A first church built on the site in 1342. According to a local story, the previous name of this church was Mihkli Church, after a man named Mihkel who was walled into one of its walls.	[1][9]
Kursi Church	Protestant		Kursi 58°35′33″N 26°20′35″E / 58.59250°N 26.34306°E
Laiuse Church	Protestant	14th century	Laiuse 58°46′47″N 26°30′11″E / 58.77972°N 26.50306°E			[1]
Maarja-Magdaleena Church	Protestant	Mid 14th century	Maarja-Magdaleena 58°36′38″N 26°44′23″E / 58.61056°N 26.73972°E			[1]
Mustvee Church	Protestant		Mustvee 58°50′54″N 26°56′04″E / 58.84833°N 26.93444°E
Mustvee Unitarian Church	Unitarian		Mustvee
Palamuse Church	Protestant	First half of 13th century	Palamuse 58°41′02″N 26°35′00″E / 58.68389°N 26.58333°E			[1]
Põltsamaa Church	Protestant	1632-1633	Põltsamaa 58°39′11″N 25°58′26″E / 58.65306°N 25.97389°E		Located adjacent to Põltsamaa Castle.	[1]
Raja Sanctuary	Old Believer		Kasepää 58°49′14″N 26°56′44″E / 58.82056°N 26.94556°E
Torma Church	Protestant	1755-1766	Torma 58°48′33″N 26°45′17″E / 58.80917°N 26.75472°E

Järva County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Abla Church	Protestant	Mid-13th century	Ambla 59°11′32″N 25°50′21″E / 59.19222°N 25.83917°E			[1]
Anna Church	Protestant		Anna 59°00′09″N 25°35′40″E / 59.00250°N 25.59444°E
Järva-Jaani Church	Protestant	c. 1300	59°02′24″N 25°52′53″E / 59.04000°N 25.88139°E			[1]
Järva-Madise Church	Protestant	Late 13th century	Järva-Madise 59°06′57″N 25°39′21″E / 59.11583°N 25.65583°E		The smallest church in Järva-Madise was built by the Swedes. The church and what happened in it are described in the book Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice) by Anton Hansen Tammsaare.	[1]
Järva-Peetri Church	Protestant	14th century	Peetri 58°56′33″N 25°50′08″E / 58.94250°N 25.83556°E			[1]
Koeru Church	Protestant	Second half of 13th century	Koeru 58°57′51″N 26°01′50″E / 58.96417°N 26.03056°E			[1]
Paide Church	Lutheran	16th century	Paide 58°53′15″N 25°34′13″E / 58.88750°N 25.57028°E			[1]
Türi Church	Protestant	Late 13th century	Türi 58°48′34″N 25°25′45″E / 58.80944°N 25.42917°E			[1]

Lääne County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Haapsalu Cathedral	Protestant	Late 1260s	Haapsalu 58°56′50″N 23°32′19″E / 58.94722°N 23.53861°E		An integral part of Haapsalu Castle.	[1]
Orthodox Church of St Mary Magdalene	Estonian Orthodox	1845-1852	Haapsalu 58°56′58″N 23°32′25″E / 58.94944°N 23.54028°E			[10]
Church of St. John	Protestant	1524	Haapsalu 58°56′56″N 23°32′29″E / 58.94889°N 23.54139°E
Hanila Church	Protestant	Mid-13th century	Hanila 58°36′48″N 23°36′29″E / 58.61333°N 23.60806°E		Constructed by the Livonian Order.	[1]
Karuse Church	Protestant	1260s	Karuse 58°38′11″N 23°41′23″E / 58.63639°N 23.68972°E		Pulpit by Christian Ackermann; Otto von Lutterberg is buried in this church.	[1]
Kirbla Church	Protestant	c. 1500	Kirbla 58°43′43″N 23°56′30″E / 58.72861°N 23.94167°E		Constructed by the Bishop of Ösel-Wiek, during Johannes III Orgas reign.	[1]
Kullamaa Church	Protestant	13th century	Kullamaa 58°52′51″N 24°04′33″E / 58.88083°N 24.07583°E		Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is buried in the church	[1]
Lihula Church	Protestant		Lihula 58°41′28″N 23°50′11″E / 58.69111°N 23.83639°E
Martna Church	Protestant	16th century	Martna 58°51′23″N 23°47′41″E / 58.85639°N 23.79472°E		Constructed by the Bishop of Ösel-Wiek, during Johannes III Orgas reign.	[1]
Noarootsi Church	Protestant	c. 1500	Martna 58°02′16″N 23°30′32″E / 58.03778°N 23.50889°E			[1]
Ridala Church	Protestant	Second half of 13th century	Kolila 58°52′39″N 23°36′19″E / 58.87750°N 23.60528°E			[1]
Vormsi Church	Protestant	Probably 14th century	Vormsi 58°59′57″N 23°13′39″E / 58.99917°N 23.22750°E			[1]

Lääne-Viru County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Haljala Church	Protestant	Second quarter of 15th century	Haljala 59°25′53″N 26°16′06″E / 59.43139°N 26.26833°E			[1]
Kadrina Church	Protestant	Mid 15th century	Haljala 59°20′29″N 26°07′44″E / 59.34139°N 26.12889°E			[1]
Käsmu Church	Protestant	1863-64	Käsmu 59°36′09″N 25°55′04″E / 59.60250°N 25.91778°E
Rakvere Church	Protestant	Early 15th century	Rakvere 59°20′49″N 26°21′25″E / 59.34694°N 26.35694°E			[1]
Rakvere Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1839	Rakvere			[11]
Simuna Church	Protestant	Late 15th century	Simuna 59°02′41″N 26°24′04″E / 59.04472°N 26.40111°E		ALtarpiece by Christian Ackermann; Carl Timoleon von Neff buried in the cemetery	[1]
Tapa Church	Protestant	1932	Tapa 59°15′49″N 25°57′39″E / 59.26361°N 25.96083°E			[12]
Tapa Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1904	Tapa 59°15′54″N 25°57′52″E / 59.26500°N 25.96444°E
Viru-Jaagupi Church	Protestant	First half of 15th century	Viru-Jaagupi 59°14′38″N 26°28′23″E / 59.24389°N 26.47306°E			[1]
Viru-Nigula Church	Protestant	Second half of 13th century	Viru-Nigula 59°26′46″N 26°41′21″E / 59.44611°N 26.68917°E			[1]
Väike-Marja Church	Protestant	End of 15th century	Väike-Maarja 59°07′49″N 26°14′58″E / 59.13028°N 26.24944°E			[1]

Pärnu County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Häädemeeste Church	Protestant	1874	Häädemeeste 58°04′47″N 24°29′57″E / 58.07972°N 24.49917°E
Häädemeeste Orthodox Church	Orthodox		Häädemeeste
Pootsi-Kõpu Orthodox Church	Orthodox		Kõpu
St. Catherine's Church, Pärnu	Orthodox	1764-68	Pärnu 58°23′06″N 24°29′52″E / 58.38500°N 24.49778°E			[1]
St. Elizabeth's Church, Pärnu	Lutheran	1741-47	Pärnu 58°23′01″N 24°30′00″E / 58.38361°N 24.50000°E			[1]
Pärnu-Jaagupi Church	Lutheran	1531-34	Pärnu-Jaagupi 58°36′41″N 24°30′19″E / 58.61139°N 24.50528°E			[1]
Saarde Church	Lutheran	1858-59	Saarde 58°08′31″N 24°58′06″E / 58.14194°N 24.96833°E			[1]
Tori Church	Lutheran	1852-54	Tori 58°29′N 24°49′E / 58.483°N 24.817°E		Designated Memorial Church to Estonian Soldiers	[1]
Varbla Church	Lutheran	1860-61	Helmküla 58°27′20″N 23°44′57″E / 58.45556°N 23.74917°E			[1]

Põlva County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Kanepi Church	Protestant	1806-10	Kanepi 57°59′10″N 26°45′35″E / 57.98611°N 26.75972°E
Kähri Church	Orthodox		Kähri 58°01′40″N 26°59′18″E / 58.02778°N 26.98833°E
Kärsa Church	Orthodox	1878	Kärsa 58°10′59″N 27°06′18″E / 58.18306°N 27.10500°E
Räpina Church	Protestant	1785	Räpina 58°05′58″N 27°27′29″E / 58.09944°N 27.45806°E			[13]

Rapla County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Hageri Church	Lutheran	First mentioned in 1424	Hageri 59°09′34″N 24°39′03″E / 59.15944°N 24.65083°E			[1]
Juuru Church	Lutheran	14th century	Juuru 59°03′37″N 24°57′15″E / 59.06028°N 24.95417°E			[1]
Kohila Church	Orthodox	1899-1900	Kohila 59°03′37″N 24°57′15″E / 59.06028°N 24.95417°E
Käru Church	Orthodox	1860	Kohila 59°03′37″N 24°57′15″E / 59.06028°N 24.95417°E			[14]
Märjamaa Church	Lutheran	14th century	Märjamaa 58°54′39″N 24°25′53″E / 58.91083°N 24.43139°E			[1]
Rapla Church	Lutheran	1901	Rapla 58°59′40″N 24°48′04″E / 58.99444°N 24.80111°E		Pulpit by Christian Ackermann	[15]
Vahastu Church	Lutheran	1883	Vahastu 58°57′04″N 25°16′06″E / 58.95111°N 25.26833°E			[16]

Saare County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Hellamaa Church	Orthodox		Hellamaa
Karja Church	Lutheran		Linnaka 58°31′24″N 22°43′57″E / 58.52333°N 22.73250°E		The rural church with the richest medieval stone sculpture decoration in all the Baltic states	[1]
Kaarma Church	Lutheran	1260s	Kaarma 58°20′50″N 22°30′39″E / 58.34722°N 22.51083°E			[1]
Kihelkonna Church	Lutheran	c. 1250	Kihelkonna 58°21′36″N 22°02′08″E / 58.36000°N 22.03556°E			[1]
Kuressaare Church	Lutheran	1620s	Kuressaare 58°15′14″N 22°29′12″E / 58.25389°N 22.48667°E			[1]
Muhu Church	Lutheran	1267	Muhu 58°36′14″N 23°13′34″E / 58.60389°N 23.22611°E		Founded by Otto von Lutterberg	[1]
Pöide Church	Lutheran	First half of 13th century	Pöide 58°30′40″N 23°02′53″E / 58.51111°N 23.04806°E			[1]
Püha Church	Lutheran	Second half of 13th century	Püha 58°18′12″N 22°43′11″E / 58.30333°N 22.71972°E			[1]
Valjala Church	Lutheran	1227	Püha 58°24′29″N 22°47′19″E / 58.40806°N 22.78861°E			[1]

Tartu County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Alatskivi Church	Lutheran		Alatskivi 58°36′24″N 27°08′26″E / 58.60667°N 27.14056°E
Kambja Church	Lutheran		Kambja 58°14′10″N 26°42′00″E / 58.23611°N 26.70000°E
Nõo Church	Lutheran	Mid 13th century	Nõo 58°16′38″N 26°32′05″E / 58.27722°N 26.53472°E			[1]
Nõo Orthodox Church	Orthodox		Nõo 58°16′13″N 26°32′23″E / 58.27028°N 26.53972°E
Tartu Cathedral	Disused	Mid 13th century	Tartu 58°22′48″N 26°42′50″E / 58.38000°N 26.71389°E		Partly ruined; former seat of the Bishopric of Dorpat	[1]
St. John's Church, Tartu	Lutheran	14th century	Tartu 58°22′58″N 26°43′09″E / 58.38278°N 26.71917°E			[1]
St. Paul's Church, Tartu	Lutheran	1915-17	Tartu		Designed by architect Eliel Saarinen	[1]
Vara Church	Lutheran		Vara 58°30′02″N 26°52′44″E / 58.50056°N 26.87889°E

Valga County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Hargla Church	Lutheran		Hargla 57°36′49″N 26°23′45″E / 57.61361°N 26.39583°E
Otepää Church	Lutheran	19th century	Otepää 58°03′34″N 26°30′07″E / 58.05944°N 26.50194°E			[1]
Sangaste Church	Lutheran		Sangaste 57°55′34″N 26°19′56″E / 57.92611°N 26.33222°E
Taagepera Church	Lutheran		Taagepera 58°00′49″N 25°41′10″E / 58.01361°N 25.68611°E
Valga Church	Lutheran	1787-1816	Valga 57°46′37″N 26°01′51″E / 57.77694°N 26.03083°E			[1]

Viljandi County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Karksi Church	Lutheran	1773-78	Karksi-Nuia 58°06′16″N 25°33′54″E / 58.10444°N 25.56500°E			[1]
Pilitsvere Church	Lutheran	13th century	Pilistvere 58°39′46″N 25°44′57″E / 58.66278°N 25.74917°E			[1]
Suure-Jaani Church	Lutheran	c. 1300	Suure-Jaani 58°32′01″N 25°28′05″E / 58.53361°N 25.46806°E			[1]
Viljandi Church	Lutheran		Viljandi 58°21′44″N 25°35′43″E / 58.36222°N 25.59528°E
Viljandi St. Paul's Church	Lutheran		Viljandi 58°21′48″N 25°35′29″E / 58.36333°N 25.59139°E

Võru County

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Rõuge Church	Lutheran	1729-30	Rõuge 57°43′52″N 26°55′43″E / 57.73111°N 26.92861°E			[1]
St. Catherine's Church, Võru	Orthodox		Võru 58°21′48″N 25°35′29″E / 58.36333°N 25.59139°E

Tallinn

Name	Denomination	Year	Location	Image	Notes	Refs
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral	Orthodox		Toompea 59°26′09″N 24°44′21″E / 59.43583°N 24.73917°E
Charles' Church	Lutheran		Kesklinn 59°25′54″N 24°44′20″E / 59.43167°N 24.73889°E
Church of the Holy Ghost	Lutheran		Vanalinn 59°26′17″N 24°44′45″E / 59.43806°N 24.74583°E
St. Olaf's Church	Lutheran		Vanalinn 59°26′29″N 24°44′52″E / 59.44139°N 24.74778°E
St Mary's Cathedral	Lutheran		Toompea 59°26′13″N 24°44′21″E / 59.43694°N 24.73917°E
St Michael's Church	Lutheran		Vanalinn 59°26′05″N 24°44′31″E / 59.43472°N 24.74194°E		Also called St Michael's Swedish Church
St. John's Church	Lutheran		Kesklinn 59°26′01″N 24°44′44″E / 59.43361°N 24.74556°E
St. Nicholas' Church	Disused, museum		Vanalinn 59°26′09″N 24°44′33″E / 59.43583°N 24.74250°E		Houses the ecclesiastical art department of the Art Museum of Estonia
St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral	Catholic		Vanalinn 59°26′17″N 24°44′55″E / 59.43806°N 24.74861°E		Designed by architect Carlo Rossi

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