Sõrve Säär
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Sõrve säär, also known as Sõrve peninsula, is a peninsula with a stony natural extension of the into the sea in the southwestern side of the island of Saaremaa. It is marked with a lighthouse and is during summers a popular tourist attraction providing near ideal conditions for kite surfers and surf boarders.
There was heavy fighting on the peninsula between the retreating German units and the advancing Red Army in November 1944.
Since 1947, Estonian emigré organisations in Australia run an annual youth summer camp called "Sõrve", named after Sõrve peninsula.
[edit] Lighthouse
The current lighthouse, a round concrete building, was built in 1962 to replace a square stone lighthouse built in 1770 and subsequently destroyed by Germans in 1944 during World War II. On 1945 a temporary wooden lighthouse was built to serve during the period between two permanent lighthouses.
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