Helmets (Estonia)
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 Estonia
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 Valga
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| Coordinates : | 58 ° 1 ′ N , 25 ° 54 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 56 m | ||
| Area : | 313 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,269 (2010) | ||
| Population density : | 7 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Community type: | former rural community | ||
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Helme (Eng. Helmet ) is a former rural community in the Estonian district of Valga with an area of 313 km². It had 2269 inhabitants (January 1, 2010). Helme has been part of the Tõrva rural community since 2017 .
The municipality comprised the villages of Ala, Helme (230 inhabitants), Holdre, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Kirikuküla, Koorküla, Kähu, Linna, Möldre, Patküla, Pilpa, Roobe and Taagepera . The administrative seat was in the city of Tõrva .
Helme was first mentioned in a document in 1329 in connection with military campaigns by Latvians . The name of the place comes from the order castle, which was built in 1261 to protect the area. The ruins of the Helmet Ordensburg, named after the German word Helm , rise on a steep hill on the Pärnu-Valga road. From the old castle, which was probably built in the first half of the 14th century, the high stone walls with window openings have been partially preserved. According to its ground plan, the castle was laid out in a 120 × 60 m oval and surrounded by two moats. The castle was destroyed by the Swedes in 1658 during the Russo-Swedish War .
The baroque manor house of Helme, which was built in the second half of the 18th century, is worth seeing . Today it houses a vocational school.
In the village of Jõgeveste ( German Tepelshof , later Beckhof ) is the mausoleum of Russian Field Marshal Michael Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818), the winner of the Battle of Leipzig, completed in 1823 . A small museum has been located in the mausoleum since 1973.
The Holdre / Hollershof manor is located in the village of Holdre. The manor house was built in the middle of the 16th century. Until 1767 it belonged to the Holler family, from whom the name of the manor house comes. The current main building of the Hollershof was designed by Otto Wildau.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Helme (Estonian)
- Barclay de Tolly Museum in Jõgeveste
Mausoleum for Barclay de Tolly in Jõgeveste
Taagepera Castle / Wagenküll
Holdre Manor / Hollershof
Ruins of the Helmet Ordensburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Good Holdre (Hollershof) . Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
