Hirvli
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ' N , 25 ° 33' E
Hirvli (German Hirwli ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Kuusalu ( Kuusalu vald ). It is located in Harju County ( Harrien ).
Description and history
The place was first mentioned in 1241 under the name Irmari . Today the village has 91 inhabitants (as of 2012). The area is 1151.41 hectares.
After the German occupation of Estonia, the communist politicians Neeme Ruus and Oskar Cher ran an illegal printer and a broadcasting station on the Paju farm belonging to Hirvli. However, they were tracked down, arrested on September 12, 1941, and executed by the Germans in Tallinn in early June 1942 .
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated June 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://rahvusarhiiv.ra.ee/public/TUNA/Artiklid_Biblio/OhmannValdur_EKP_keskkomitee_TUNA2001_4.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The owners of the farm were also sentenced to death: Johannes Tomingas (1907–1941), Anette Jaani Tomingas (1912–1941), Jakob Johani Tomingas (1879– ?? 1943) and Alfred Tomingas (1909–1943).
