Kurtna (Alutaguse)
Coordinates: 59 ° 16 ' N , 27 ° 30' E
Kurtna is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Alutaguse (until 2017 Illuka ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
description
The village has 205 inhabitants (as of 2011). It is located twelve kilometers from the city of Jõhvi by forty kilometers from Narva .
The place was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniæ . In 1480, in connection with the Vasknarva Order Castle, the Kurtna Order was mentioned for the first time. It later became a manor .
The manor house built in 1880 has been preserved. It was built in the style of historicism with strong neo-Gothic elements. Next to it is the steward's house from 1911 made of red stone.
Kurtna Lake District
Nature lovers especially know the lake area of Kurtna ( Kurtna järvestik ). With its 42 lakes, it is the largest lake area in Estonia. The heavily forested area was declared a nature reserve in 1987 on an area of 2,557 hectares. The largest lake is Konsu järv with an area of 136 hectares.
Web links
- Description (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tutvustus ( Memento of 21 August 2012 at the Internet Archive )