Kolu (Haapsalu)
Coordinates: 58 ° 52 ' N , 23 ° 31' E
Kolu (German Kollo ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the municipality of Haapsalu (until 2017: rural municipality Ridala ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and history
The place has seventeen inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
The village was first mentioned in 1550. In 1986 archaeologists found traces of a settlement that go back to the first half of the second millennium BC.
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 . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 247.