Abruka

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title: "Abruka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["estonian-islands-in-the-baltic", "villages-in-saare-county", "kreis-ösel"] description: "Island village in Estonia" topic_path: "general/estonian-islands-in-the-baltic" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abruka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island village in Estonia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Abruka
settlement_type	village
image_skyline	Abruka maja, 2010.jpg
image_caption	The oldest building on Abruka: The Abruka House (Abruka maja).
image_map	Abruka-pos.jpg
map_caption	Location of Abruka in Estonia.
pushpin_map	Estonia
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Estonia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Estonia
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Saare County
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Saaremaa Parish
area_footnotes	(Area of village)
area_total_km2	10.1
population_total	33
population_as_of	01.01.2011
population_density_km2	auto
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Abruka () is a village in Estonia, primarily composed of the 8.78 sqkm island of Abruka in the Gulf of Riga, 4 km south of the island of Saaremaa. The village includes the smaller adjacent islands of Vahase, Kasselaid, Linnusitamaa and Kirjurahu, resulting in a total area of 10.1 sqkm.

Abruka is part of Saaremaa Parish, Saare County. The village has a population of 33 (as of 1 January 2011).

The first records about the population on Abruka originate from the Middle Ages, when the area was ruled by the Prussian State of the Teutonic Order; the Bishop of Ösel-Wiek founded a horse breeding manor on the largest island, named Abro in the Teutonic Order's Low German language. Permanent population developed in the 18th century. From 1881–1972, an elementary school operated on Abruka.

Abruka is the site of a Central European-type broadleaf forest, which is rare in the region. To protect this a nature reserve was created in 1937.

There's a library (located in the harbour building) and a museum which is located on the side of the former manor park in the oldest building on Abruka (The Abruka House).

Abruka can be reached by postboat Heili from Roomassaare harbour in Kuressaare.

The twin writers Jüri Tuulik and Ülo Tuulik (born 1940) were born on Abruka.

Gallery

File:Abruka OnEarth WMS.png|Satellite image of Abruka. File:Abruka salumets.jpg|Grove forest in spring. File:Abruka salumets juunikuus.JPG|Grove forest in June. File:Abruka tulepaak ja tuletorn.jpg|Lighthouses of Abruka.

References

References

1. {{EHAK. 1064 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
2. "Kaarma valla asulate nimekiri seisuga 01.01.2011". Kaarma vald.
3. "Abruka küla". eestigiid.ee.
4. "Ajalugu".
5. "Location". abruka.ee.

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