Anjala
Anjala [ ˈɑnjɑlɑ ] is a former municipality in southeastern Finland and is now administratively part of Kouvola . The settlement center ( taajama ) Anjala has around 2000 inhabitants and is located in the south of the urban area of Kouvola on the western bank of the Kymijoki River across from Inkeroinen .
The area of Anjala originally belonged to the Elimäki parish . In 1692 Anjala received its own prayer house . In the Treaty of Åbo , which ended the Russo-Swedish War from 1741 to 1743, the western border of Russia was advanced to the Kymijoki; Anjala remained with Sweden. In 1788, a group of Swedish officers in the Anjala Manor formed the Anjalabund , a conspiracy against King Gustav III. In 1789 Anjala was raised to a chapel parish of Elimäki. The place became an independent municipality in 1863. The municipality of Anjala last had an area of 154 square kilometers and 5,854 inhabitants (1973). In addition to the settlement center of the same name ( taajama ), the former municipal area includes the villages of Ahvio, Junkkari, Caucasuo, Korpi, Muhniemi, Takamaa and Ummeljoki. In 1975, Anjala merged with the municipality of Sippola on the opposite bank of the Kymijoki to form the market town of Anjalankoski . This received city rights two years later. In 2009 Anjalankoski was incorporated into the city of Kouvola.
The sights of Anjala include the Church of Anjala , a wooden cruciform church built between 1755 and 1756 , the Ankkapurha rapids in Kymijoki, and the Anjala manor. The latter was owned by the aristocratic Wrede family from 1608 to 1837 , who are still in the area today. The main building of the manor was built around 1800 and now houses a museum.
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The Anjala Manor
The Ankkapurha Rapids
