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Reigi

Reigi
Village
Reigi Church
Reigi Church
Country  Estonia
County Hiiu County
Parish Hiiu Parish
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Reigi (German: Roicks) is a village in Hiiu Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.

In 1984 Estonian writer Herman Sergo published the novel Näkimadalad, whose title is based on the name of the Nekmangrund shoal. In his three-volume work Sergo portrays the tragic fate of the Estonian Swedes living in Reigi village, located to the south of the shoal on Hiiumaa Island, which were deported in the 18th century to Southern Ukraine following a Russian Imperial decree.


Coordinates: 59°00′N 22°32′E / 59.000°N 22.533°E / 59.000; 22.533


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