Käesla
Coordinates: 58 ° 17 ' N , 22 ° 13' E
Käesla (German Kaesel ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 45 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). It is located 16 kilometers northwest of the island's capital Kuressaare .
history
Hof Kaesel was first mentioned in a document in 1526 . From 1625 to 1730 it belonged to the strengh (or strength) family. The last private owner before the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was the Baltic German Georg von Schmidt.
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. 164.
Web links
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016
