Jabara
Coordinates: 59 ° 21 ' N , 27 ° 1' E
Jabara is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lüganuse ( Luganuse vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
Description and history
The village has 51 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). It is located between the Tallinn - Saint Petersburg road and the Estonian Baltic coast.
Jabara (formerly Jäbara ) was first mentioned in 1492 as Rappyarue myt der molen . The settlement is much older. The archaeologist Marta Schmiedehelm uncovered the oldest Bronze Age graves in Estonia with their artefacts in excavations in 1925/26 and 1933/34 .
In 1977 the village of Sope ( Sope küla ) Jabara was incorporated.
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
- Jabara Bronze Age burial grounds (Estonian)
Individual evidence
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