Lauka (Hiiumaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ' N , 22 ° 32' E
Lauka is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Hiiumaa (2013 to 2017: rural municipality Hiiu , before that rural municipality Kõrgessaare ) on the second largest Estonian island Hiiumaa (German Dagö ).
Description and history
Lauka (German Lauk ) has 153 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). The place is twelve kilometers southwest of the island's capital Kärdla ( Kertel ). Lauka lies in a karst area .
The settlement was first mentioned in 1564 as Farbechshoff or Loukahoff. A year later, the "Gutsgebiet Lauck" is listed. It became the beigut ( manor ) of the Kõrgessaare manor ( Hohenholm ). From 1781 both goods were in one hand. The two avenues leading to the manor house were laid out by the forester Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ahrens (1855–1938) from Schwerin at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries . The historic Lauka manor house was destroyed during the First World War.
In 1900 the first school building was built in Lauka. A second was built in 1939. The current school building dates from 1971.
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. 291.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- History and sights (Estonian; RTF ; 8 kB)