Isabella (Hiiumaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 57 ' N , 22 ° 32' E
Isabella is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural community Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural community Hiiu , before that rural community Kõrgessaare ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
Isabella has 32 residents (as of December 31, 2011).
The place was first mentioned in 1565 as Isapalo by . The village of Issapöld (in German "Großfeld") is proven to have been in the 17th century . In the second half of the 18th century the land fell to the estate of Kõrgessaare (German Hohenholm ).
Between 1776 and 1798 the court was called Margarethenhof. It was probably named after the Baltic German Countess Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie (later Stenbock, 1704–1775). The former farm buildings are no longer preserved.
In 1914 the village is listed as Issapöld . The place name Isabella, which sounds exotic in Estonian ears, developed from this, as the village is officially called today.
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ahrens
The best-known son of the place is the forester Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ahrens (1855–1938). He lived in the village from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. Born in Schwerin , Ahrens studied at the Eberswalde Forest Academy and emigrated to Estonia in 1880. He was the first forester on Hiiumaa with a university education.
From 1884 onwards, Ahrens was responsible for the successful reforestation of Hiiumaas on behalf of the noble Ungern-Sternberg family . He also brought deer and brown hares to the island.
During the First World War , the Russian authorities deported Ahrens to Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk ). He survived internment and returned to Estonia after the war. A memorial stone today commemorates him in the village of Luidja .
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), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 133.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- History of the place (Estonian)