Koguva Village

About this place

Koguva is a village on the Estonian Baltic island of Muhu, in Muhu Parish, Saare County, on the western tip of the island, about 52 km northeast of Kuressaare in a straight line. About thirty people live there. The village was first mentioned in 1532 in a document granting freedom to a peasant called Hansken and his sons. Many of its buildings are centuries old, dating back to Swedish rule, and are still in use. The Estonian writer Juhan Smuul was born here, and his family farm is now part of the village museum. Old farmsteads with wooden and stone houses and thatched roofs are scattered through the village, enclosed by dry-stone walls, with dirt paths winding between them. A wooden windmill stands at the edge of the village, and the island's clear north shore lies a short walk away. Visitors wander among the farmsteads, visit the village museum in the old houses and walk to the nearby shore. The village makes a stop on the road to Saaremaa, and summer is the loveliest time.