Kõrkküla (Aseri)
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ' N , 26 ° 56' E
Klint near Kõrkküla
Kõrkküla is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Aseri ( Aseri vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia on the Gulf of Finland .
Description and history
The village has 40 inhabitants (as of 2011). Nature lovers have a wide view of the Baltic Sea from the Klint near Kõrkküla .
Kõrkküla is located on the important road connecting the Estonian capital Tallinn and the border town of Narva . There is a historic stone cross at the edge of the path. It commemorates the Russian boyar Vasily Rosladin , who died there in 1590 in a battle during the Livonian War .
Individual evidence
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