Laimjala

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Coordinates: 58 ° 25 '  N , 23 ° 0'  E

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Laimjala (German Laimjall ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Saaremaa on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa . Until 2017, it was the capital of a rural community of the same name .

Population and location

The village has 108 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located 36 kilometers northeast of the island's capital Kuressaare .

history

The village of Laimjala was first mentioned in 1645 under the name Laydmell . At the same time, the local property is documented. From 1793 it was in private ownership, initially under Major General Jakob Pistor. It was first called Gustavsdahl , later Laimjala. The estate often changed hands.

The last private owner before the expropriation in the course of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was the Baltic German Eduard Heinrich Hartwig Reinhold von Sass (1900–1946).

Mansion

The historic mansion was built in the early 19th century under the Nolcken family , who owned Laimjala from 1808, in the style of early classicism . The high triangular gable above the central axis is characteristic of the elongated, single-storey stone building. The sculptor Jüri Veller , well-known in Saaremaa , created two representative dolomite lions for the parade stairs at the beginning of the 20th century .

Until 2017 the administration of the rural community was located in the manor house.

Personalities

  • Henno Käo (1942–2004), writer, graphic artist and book illustrator
  • Tõnis Käo (1940–2016), industrial designer

literature

Web links

  • Entry on Estonian manors (German)

Individual evidence

  1. Estonian Statistical Office
  2. Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 329
  3. Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 33