Mõisaküla (city)

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Mõisaküla (city)
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State : EstoniaEstonia Estonia
Circle : Viljandimaa lipp.svg Viljandi
Coordinates : 58 ° 6 ′  N , 25 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 6 ′  N , 25 ° 11 ′  E
Height : 55  m
Area : 2.3  km²
 
Residents : 790 (01/01/2016)
Population density : 343 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Postal code : 69302
 
Mayor : Ervin Tamberg
Postal address : J. Sihveri 4
69302 Mõisaküla
Website :
Map of Estonia, position of Mõisaküla (city) highlighted

Mõisaküla is a small town in Estonia . The city is administratively part of the Mulgi municipality in Viljandi County . It is located in the southwest of Estonia, right on the border with Latvia and with a population of 790 (as of January 1, 2016) is the smallest town in Estonia that enjoys city ​​rights .

history

Mõisaküla Church

The history of Mõisaküla began in 1895 with the construction of the narrow-gauge Pernau - Walk railway . The lord of Abia , Baron Karl von Stackelberg , gave up a piece of marshy land to build a locomotive depot there. As a result, the place is closely connected to the railroad.

In 1896 the Pernau-Valga line was opened, in 1897 the one from Mõisaküla to Fellin (today: Viljandi) and on to Reval (today: Tallinn). In 1899 the landlord leased some land for building, and Mõisaküla got its first street. A locomotive repair shop was opened in 1900, and a linen weaving mill in 1909. At that time the place already had over 100 houses and around 1000 inhabitants.

In 1938 the place received city rights. Until the outbreak of the Second World War , the place grew steadily to almost 3000 inhabitants. In 1944 Mõisaküla was 75% destroyed.

When the rail network was adapted to the Soviet broad gauge in the 1970s, it was decided to shut down the route from Viljandi to Mõisaküla. The connection to Pärnu was later discontinued. The decline of the city began with the abandonment of the rail link. Due to its peripheral location and lack of transport links, Mõisaküla is one of the structurally weakest cities in the country.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Hans Feldmann, Gertrud Westermann: Baltic historical local dictionary: Estonia (including Northern Livland). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, 1985 digitized

Web links

Commons : Mõisaküla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Estonia population statistics