Laiküla
Coordinates: 58 ° 46 ' N , 23 ° 59' E
Laiküla (German Layküll ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Martna ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has 23 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). The distance to the county capital Haapsalu is 32 kilometers.
The Rannamõisa River ( Rannamõisa jõgi ) flows through the village and flows into the Matsalu Bay. The Laiküla Moor ( Laiküla raba ) lies east of the village center .
history
The Laiküla farm was built during the 17th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 1688. Since 1865 it was a land post . The last private owner before the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was the Baltic German Karl Edler von Rennenkampff.
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 . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 293.
Web links
- Good from Laiküla (Estonian)