Viitasaari

Viitasaari lies among the waters of Lake Keitele in central Finland. Settlers from Savolax made homes in a district once visited as wilderness by people from Tavastia. Long journeys to the church at Rautalampi encouraged the building of a local prayer house around 1600. Viitasaari became a separate parish in 1635, and further churches were built on its old church island in 1653 and 1777.