Kahtla
Village in Estonia
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Kahtla is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, in western Estonia.[1]
Name
Kahtla was attested in historical sources as Cachtel in 1453, Kachtyalke in 1569–1571, Kachkill and Kachtial in 1645, and Kachtla in 1782. The name probably derives from a compound of kaks 'two' + jalg (genitive: jala) 'leg, foot', which may be either a personal name ending in jalg or a name referring to a natural feature, in which the suffix is the presumed agricultural term jalg 'foot of a hill, etc.'.[2]
History
Before the administrative reform of 2017, the village was in Laimjala Parish.[3]
Churches
The church in Kahtla is dedicated to Saint Basil the Great and was designed by the Riga architect Heinrich Scheel. It belongs to the Orthodox Church of Estonia.[4] There is also a chapel in the cemetery east of the village.
