Kökar

Kökar is an island municipality tae the sooth-east o the Åland airchipelago, Finland.

It is an aw ane o the municipalities o Åland. It is reachable bi boat frae Långnäs on Åland or frae Galtby wi access tae mainland Finland.

The municipality haes a population o 260 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an area o 2,165.01 square kilometres (835.92 sq mi) o which 2,101.46 km2 (811.38 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 4.09 indwallers per square kilometre (10.6 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swadish. The naitural reserve o Östra Långskär is locatit thare. Ither notable islands include Kyrkogårdsö.

History
Kökar wis first inhabitit ower 3,000 years ago bi seal hunters. A Franciscan monastery wis foondit in Hamnö in the 15t century. The day the monastery is in ruins. The kirk dedicatit tae Saunt Anne wis biggit in 1784 in the place o the auld monastery kirk.

Sichts


The kirk o St. Anne wis biggit in the steid o the auld monastery kirk durin the reign o keeng Gustav III an is locatit on the island o Hamnö. It is next tae the ruins o the monastery. The clocktouer wis biggit in the 19t century. The clocktouer haed tae be restored efter an Autumn storm damaged it in 1978. A model o a sailin ship hangs in the kirk. It wis gien bi a local sailor who haed been captured bi Turkis pirates but who later managed tae escape. The model haes 64 cannons.

The local museum wis opened in 1988 an its purpose is tae show hou the fowk o Kökar lived in the 19t century an onwards tae the 1940s. The nou museum biggin, biggit in 1913, uised tae be an auld schuil.

Thare is an aw a Bronze Age steid datin back tae 1150–1050 BC. It wis foondit in 1918.

References

Freemit airtins

Municipality o Kökar – Offeecial wabsteid 
The museum o Kökar's wab steid 

Category:Municipalities o Åland
Category:Finnish islands in the Baltic