Heinävesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 3,195 and covers an area of 1,319.58 square kilometres of which 288.71 km2 is water. The population density is 3.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.0/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savonia to North Karelia.
The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi.
Public Services
Basic Services
Heinäveden village a Hasumäessä is the basic services such as the municipal office, the fire department, social welfare and the library , which in connection with the FPA and the TE single point, Soisalo Institute, seurakuntatalo, dental clinic, health center ( Siun social and health care ) and the service center, health clinic, pharmacy, sports and Alko .
Education
Heinävesi has two schools for grades 1–6 ( Otto Kotilainen School and Karvio School ) and one school for grades 7-9, Kirkonkylä School . In addition, the Soisalo College and the Valamo Citizens’ College are located in Heinävesi.
Despite the small size of Heinävesi, it has its own, small high school . The first and second grades have about 30 students. Despite the small size of the high school, Estonian and Italian courses are held there, among other things . The high school is part of a network of small high schools, so it also offers courses via the Internet .
Attractions
Valamo Monastery
Valamo Monastery is an Orthodox monastery . It is also known as the Heinävesi Valamo Monastery, as opposed to the Ladoga Valamo Monastery . The monastery is one of the most significant places to visit in Finland; more than 150,000 visitors and pilgrims visit it every year . Valamo is located in Pohjois-Heinävesi, on the shores of Lake Juojärvi . Valamo Monastery has three churches ( main church , winter church , old church) and three tsasouna (St. Herman of Alaska tsasouna, St. Nicholas tsasouna and St. John the Baptist tsasouna). The monastery also houses the Valamo Monastery Museum .
The monastery of Valamo in Heinävesi and the nunnery of Lintula moved to their present places after the Second World War. Some of the monks of the Valamo monastery in Ladoga moved to Papinniemi in Heinävesi in March 1940 after an evacuation year in Kannonkoski . The name of that place became Uusi-Valamo. The monastery lived, tormenting the post-war years. Old monks died, drastically dropping the number of fraternities, and already in the 1960s most of the monks who came to Heinävesi were buried in Papinniemi Cemetery. But after a few years of silence, the monastery gradually began to improve: new Finnish-speakers arrived at the monastery. rivals who became monks and the number of the fraternity increased slightly. Today, the monastery has about ten fraternities.
In the 1970s, the monastery became in need of a new church . Thus, the Association of Friends of Valamo, founded in November 1973, began to actively raise funds for the construction of a new church in the monastery. It was solemnly inaugurated on June 5, 1977, with the assistance of Archbishop Paul , numerous foreign guests, and the domestic clergy. The church was designed by architect Ivan Kudrjavzev .
The monastery has many valuable icons that have been moved from the Ladoga of Ladoga. The most famous and most valuable of these is the Mother of God of Konevitsa . It is the most valuable object of the Finnish Orthodox Church . There are objects from the Ladoga Valamo, now in Heinävesi, from the 19th century . The older objects from the Ladoga Valamo have not survived, because they have been destroyed e.g. in fires . The monastery of Valamo in Heinävesi continues the traditions of Valamo , Konevitsa and Petsamo monasteries in Ladoga .
Lintula monastery
Lintula Nunnery is located in the village of Palok in northern Heinävesi .
Valamo and Lintula Monasteries are the only Orthodox Monasteries in the Nordic countries . Both Monasteries of Heinävesi are open to everyone.
In 1894, the secret councilor FP Neronov donated a farm to the establishment of the monastery from the village of Lintula , the parish of Kivennava , located on the Karelian coast , from which the monastery got its name.
Today, the monastery makes huge , candles from the Orthodox Church . From that, the monastery gets half of its livelihood. Tourism is also an important source of income for the Lintula monastery, which is visited by about 20,000–30,000 visitors in the summer, which is about the same as in the Kerimäki wooden church . In 2006, the monastery celebrated its 60th anniversary in the Palok of Heinävesi, and attracted an exceptional number of visitors. The agricultural convent closed in 2003–2004, when the animals were sold and the fields were leased. In connection with the monastery cemetery, a tsasouna is consecrated to the Mother of God . The monastery has another tsasouna on the shore of Lake Koskijärvi. The current director of the monastery, igumenia, is the mother of Marina. There are currently about ten sisters.
Heinävesi Church
Heinävesi Church is a neo-Gothic wooden church built between 1890 and 1891 . It was designed by Helsinki-based church architect Josef Stenbäck and built by EJ Holopainen . The church can accommodate 2,000 people and is 40 meters long , 30 meters wide and about 45 meters high. The church is of the tower type, a long church with wide cross arms. The church, typical of its neo-Gothic style, is full of small details. Especially in the interior of the church you will notice the style of nickel, where the details of the brick and stone churches are skillfully applied to the wood. The church was consecrated on March 6, 1892. The church is the third largest wooden church in Finland, after Kerimäki Church and Merikarvia Church.
The church altarpiece ” Jesus in Gethsemane ” was painted by JE Kortman . The original organ of the church had 25 voices and was built by JA Zachariassen in 1906. The Kangasala organ building built a new, 33-voice and three-finger organ in 1981 using a well-functioning 20 voices and a façade from the former organ. There are two clocks in the church tower, from 1765 and 1906. The Heinävesi church was not heated until 1971, when electric heating was built in the church in connection with the renovation.
Kirkonmäki
Heinävesi church hill is a unique cultural and historical entity. In addition to the church, there is an old cemetery , the Heinävesi Homeland Museum with about 2,000 objects about the past of the parishioners, and the Small Church Museum is located on the second floor of Heinävesi Church. Kirkonmäki also has a Pitäjäntupa, which has once been e.g. as a town hall. Kirkonmäki is a steep hill 90 meters above the surface of Kermajärvi and 180 above sea level. The landscape from the church down to the lake is magnificent.
Kolovesi national
Kolovesi National Park is home to the Saimaa ringed seal , natural archipelago nature and forest nature in southern Finland. Prehistoric rock paintings in the area tell of prehistory . In the relaxed atmosphere of Kolovesi, you can go rowing and canoeing . The rugged landscape shaped by the glacial ice age is characterized by steep cliffs rising from the water . The national park was established in the area in 1990. In addition to the municipality of Heinävesi, its 23 square kilometer area is bordered by the municipality of Enonkoski and the city of Savonlinna.
Varistaipale canal and the canal museum
The Varistaipale canal is a four-block canal in the village of Varistaipale . A traditional park concert is held in Kanavapuisto every year. Objects related to the construction of the canals and their operation have been collected in the canal museum connected to the canal. The museum is located in the former canal house and is visited by about 5,000 visitors a year. All the other six canals of Heinävesi are also worth a visit.
Pääskyvuori resort
Pääskyvuori Holiday Resort is the largest (102 meters) ski resort in Southern Savonia. Pääskyvuori has five slopes with a length of 200-700 meters. The observation tower overlooks Lake Kermajärvi.
Other attractions
In the village of Paloki, there is the Kämppä Riski harvesting museum . Ronttopuisto in Palok is a blacksmith’s forging museum and old photographs of the sawmill in the village and the free-flowing Palok rapids.Kermajärvi as seen from Pääskyvuori.
The title Food
In the 1980s, each of Savo’s then municipalities voted for its own title dishes. Potato whisk , or potato whisk, was chosen as the main dish for Heinävesi .
