Official Name: | Emmaste |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Hiiu County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Hiiumaa Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Emmaste (German: Emmast) is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.[1]
Emmaste got its village status in 1977. Before it was an Emmaste settlement, which was formed in the 1920s on the basis of Emmaste Manor . The eastern part of the village was known as Nõmme. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Nõmme was a standalone village. In 1977, the nearby village Viiterna was merged with Emmaste village.[2]