Karepa Explained

Official Name:	Karepa
Settlement Type:	Village
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Estonia
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Lääne-Viru County
Subdivision Type2:	Parish
Subdivision Name2:	Haljala Parish
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3

Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.^[1]

Kalame Farm Museum

The Kalame Farm Museum (or Richard Sagrits Museum) is a farm museum in the village. Part of the museum's collection presents the Estonian painter Richard Sagrits.^[2] The most unique part of the museum complex is a silmuköök (a building with a stove for cooking river lampreys). The museum is part of the Virumaa Museums foundation.

Notable people

Villem Alttoa (1898–1975), literary scholar, was born in Karepa.
Vladimir Bogatkin (1922–1971), artist, had a summer home in Karepa and depicted the landscape around Karepa in his works.
Villem Gross (1922–2001), writer, had a summer home in Karepa.
Valli Lember-Bogatkina (1921–2016), artist, had a summer home in Karepa.
Richard Sagrits (1910–1968), painter, was born in Karepa. His house-museum is located in the village.
Jaan Zimmermann (1880–1942), entrepreneur, owned the Villa Dombrovka in Karepa.

Notes and References

(retrieved 28 July 2021)
Web site: Richard Sagrits ja Kalame talu - Virumaa Muuseumid . virumaamuuseumid.ee . 10 February 2024 . et . 10 January 2023.