Auvere
Coordinates: 59 ° 21 ' N , 27 ° 56' E
Auvere (German Ampfer ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Vaivara ( Vaivara vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
Description and history
The village has 22 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). The place was first mentioned in 1361.
The first village school was founded in 1864. In 1872, when the railway line from Tallinn to Saint Petersburg was completed, the Auvere station was inaugurated. In the tsarist times it was called Korf (станция Корф). In 1980 the historic station building was demolished and replaced by a new one.
In the 1960s, an electric power station was built in Auvere, which went into full operation in 1973. It worked with the oil shale found in the region . On May 4, 2012, the cornerstone for the newest oil shale power plant was laid.
Good from Auvere
Auvere Manor was founded in the middle of the 17th century when Estonia was part of the Swedish Empire. The farmers of Auvere were considered particularly unruly towards their landlords. Two uprisings in 1806 and 1858 had to be put down.
At the end of the 19th century, two Estonian farmers bought the property. Their descendants were expropriated in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 . In 1990, shortly before Estonia's separation from the Soviet Union , the heirs received the property back. The historical core of the property is no longer preserved, but some outbuildings are.
Battle of Auvere
At the end of the Second World War , heavy fighting between the German Wehrmacht and the Red Army took place near Auvere . The front ran here from February to July 1944. The buildings in the village were almost completely destroyed. On 24./25. July 1944 came the decisive battle of Auvere between the 8th Soviet Army and the III. SS Panzer Corps . Estonians also fought against each other on both sides.
The battle ended with a German defensive victory. About 8,000 soldiers were killed on the Soviet side. A memorial stone in Russian was inaugurated in 1974 for the fallen Soviet soldiers.
Sons and daughters of the place
The most famous son of the place was the geodesist and astronomer Carl Friedrich Tenner , who was born in Auvere in 1783 as the son of the estate manager.
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vaivara vald (Estonian)
- ↑ Minister Juhan Parts loovutas lipsu uue elektrijaama nurgakivisse (Estonian)
