Kasti (Saaremaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 16 ' N , 22 ° 38' E
Kasti (German Kasty ) 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 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Its area is 5.69 km².
The place is nine kilometers east of the island's capital Kuressaare on the Baltic Sea bay of the same name (Kasti laht) . A landscape protection area established in 2000 extends southwest of the village center. It is 193 acres.
Well
In 1444 a Tilke von Kasti was enfeoffed with lands. In 1594 Lucas von Kasti sold the small farm that had been built on it.
At the beginning of the 18th century the estate was greatly enlarged. In 1734 it came into the possession of Georg Friedrich von Sass. From 1906 until the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919, the Baltic German Axel Konstantin von Buxhoeveden was the owner of the estate.
The manor house was built in the 18th century in the Baroque style . It was heavily redesigned at the beginning of the 20th century. Today the manor house and most of the outbuildings are only in ruins.
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. 198.
Web links
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
- Entry on mois.ee (Estonian)
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
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 332
