Ilpla
Coordinates: 58 ° 17 ' N , 22 ° 40' E
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Ilpla (German Ilpel ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community Pihtla ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 61 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is ten kilometers northeast of the island's capital, Kuressaare .
Well
The place was first mentioned in 1453 under the name Ylpel . Around the middle of the 18th century the local estate was founded on land devastated by the Northern War .
After the expropriation as part of the Estonian land reform , the town's school was housed in the massive, single-storey mansion from 1919 to 1940. Soldiers were then housed in it. Today the historic building is privately owned as a residential building.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 130.
Web links
- Ilpla Manor (Estonian Register of Monuments)