Maidla (village)

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '  N , 27 ° 1'  E

Maidla (village)​

Estonia

Maidla ( Estonian Maidla küla ) is a village in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia . Since October 2013 it has been in the rural community of Lüganuse ( Lüganuse vald ). Until its formation it was in the rural community of Maidla ( Maidla vald ).

Description and history

The baroque mansion of Maidla

Maidla (historical German name until 1878 Maydell or Maydel , then Wrangelstein ) has 132 inhabitants (as of 2000). The village is located three kilometers southeast of the city of Kiviõli on the Purtse River ( Purtse jõgi ).

The place probably has a long history of settlement, which is indicated by a prehistoric cult stone found near Maidla .

Maidla was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniæ as Maydalæ .

Today's Maidla was created as part of the land reform of the Estonian SSR from an amalgamation of six small villages.

Farm and village

1404 is a hook in the village by the Master of the Order of was the Teutonic Knights to a certain Hinke Maydel verlehnt . In Estonia there has been much speculation as to whether Hinke was of German or Estonian descent.

The Maydell farm was first recorded in documents from 1465. It became the ancestral home of the noble Maydell family .

In 1499 Wolmar Maydell sold the farm to Otto Tuve . The following owners were 1529 Odert Bremen, 1586 Otto Schulmann, 1641 Johann Brackel and from 1689 Carl Wrangell (1643–1719), who then bequeathed it to his son. In the first half of the 16th century the village disappeared and the land fell to the court.

The farm was owned by the noble Baltic German family Wrangel from 1689 to 1890 . At the request of the Wrangel family, who had owned the estate for almost 200 years, the village was renamed Wrangelstein in German by decision of the Estonia Governorate in 1878 .

In 1877 Marie Löwis of Menar (née Wrangell, 1826–1890) became the owner. The last private owner of the farm before the Estonian land reform was from 1890 to 1919 Hermann von Löwis of Menar (1863-1935). He emigrated to Germany in 1918 .

The historic caretaker's house and the gardener's house can be found in the outbuildings.

Maidla mansion

The park of the property is surrounded by a high border wall with numerous gates

The main facade with triangular gable and gargoyles

The former fortified main house of the courtyard was destroyed in the Northern War at the beginning of the 18th century. Georg Ludwig von Wrangell had a new mansion built on the ruins between 1764 and 1767 according to plans by the architect Johann Paul Dührschmidt . The two-story building with a high roof is one of the most magnificent Baroque buildings in all of Estonia.

In the triangular gable on the main facade are the coats of arms of the noble Wrangell and Brevern families. The stucco work is the work of the Tallinn master Johann Schultz. The carpentry work from the 18th century, which was carried out by a master Wagener, is also baroque.

The town's school has been located in the manor house since 1925. Guests can rent the baroque building for celebrations or spend the night in it. Every year an open-air music festival takes place at the manor house.

The complex with its spacious French park was extensively renovated in 2002.

Personalities

• Georg von Wrangel (1783–1841), lawyer

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. 690.
• Paul Johansen: Settlement and Agriculture of the Estonians in the Middle Ages. In: Negotiations of the Estonian Scholarly Society. Volume 23. Dorpat 1925, p. 10f.

Web links

Commons : Maidla Manor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description and history (Estonian)
• Official website of the manor (Estonian)
• Well of Maidla (Estonian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ approx. 12 hectares
2. ↑ Dr. Paul Johansen; Settlement and agriculture of the Estonians in the Middle Ages
3. ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa. Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), p. 186
4. ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 190
5. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=15&CatID=0&ItemID=1579
6. ↑ http://www.maidla.ee/maidla-mois
7. ↑ http://register.muinas.ee/?menuID=monument&action=view&id=13952