Audla
Coordinates: 58 ° 28 ' N , 23 ° 3' E
Audla (German Hauküll ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the Saaremaa rural community (until 2017: Laimjala rural community ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 39 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is 39 kilometers northeast of the island's capital, Kuressaare .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1453 under the name Hankul . In 1464 the Teutonic Order Master Johannes von Mengede enfeoffed a Jacob Swart with the Hauckull court . From 1623 to 1806 it was owned by the noble Baltic German family Vietinghoff . Afterwards it belonged to the von Buhrmeister family . The last private owner before the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was Charles Otto Napoleon von Buhrmeister (1879–1930).
Mansion
The single-storey mansion in the style of early classicism with its triangular gable dates from 1805. It was built under Carl Johann von Buhrmeister. The German-language inscription Mauermeister Ledendorff can be found on the wall . Peterson as bailiff. 1805.
After the property was expropriated, a school was housed in the manor house until the 1970s. After that the building was empty and deteriorated. Today it is a ruin. The property is currently privately owned.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 107f.
Web links
- Description on eestigiid.ee
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estonian Statistical Office
- ↑ State Register of Monument Protection
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 327