Aulepa
Coordinates: 59 ° 4 ′ N , 23 ° 36 ′ E
Aulepa (Swedish Dirslätt , German Dirslet ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has twenty inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located fifteen kilometers northeast of the county capital Haapsalu .
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village was part of the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until the Second World War .
history
Dyrschleven was first mentioned in a document in 1540 . In 1565 it is recorded as Degerslett , in 1683 as Dirschlet . The name probably comes from the Swedish diger slätt for "large area". In 1798 the village of Dirslät and the Haudlep farm are mentioned side by side. Aulepa probably comes from the Estonian words haud ("grave, pit") and lõpe ("border").
Wind farm
Aulepa has had a wind farm since 2009 . The plant with thirteen wind turbines belongs to the Estonian energy operator Eesti Energia .
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 52f.
Web links
- Description (Estonian)