Essu
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ' N , 26 ° 22' E
Essu (German Jeß ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Haljala ( Haljala vald ) in the Estonian district of Lääne-Virumaa .
Location and description
Essu is eight kilometers north of Rakvere . The village has 332 inhabitants (as of 2006). It has been documented under the name Gesse since 1241 .
The settlement is much older. Archaeologists have found findings of the Mesolithic Kunda culture during excavations in 1903/1905 in Essu . Finds from the 19th century also include Dirhem coins from the Abbassid dynasty from the 9th century.
Good Essu
The Essu manor was first mentioned in a document in 1496. From 1402 at the latest it belonged to the noble Baltic German family Wrangel (also Wrangell ) for three and a half centuries .
In the middle of the 18th century, Essu came into the possession of the Krusenstern family . In the 19th century it belonged to the Dellingshausen families and then to the Ungern-Sternberg families . The last owner before the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was Julie Baroness Ungern-Sternberg.
In the 1820s and 1830s, the single-storey mansion was built in the classical style . In 1894 the architect Friedrich Modi redesigned it in the style of historicism . A four hundred meter long avenue leads to the manor house.
Most of the outbuildings date from the 19th century. This includes the administrator's house, a schnapps distillery and several warehouses. The estate also has an eight-hectare park.
In 1974 Essu was converted into a collective farm center with a leisure club and canteen. In 1978 the mansion was extended by an extension.
The manor house has been privately owned as a guest and conference center since 1995.
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. Cologne, Vienna 1985 (Sources and Studies on Baltic History, Volume 8/1), p. 147 ( ISBN 3-412-07183-8 )
Web links
- Official website of the estate (Estonian, English)
- Gut Essu (Estonian)