Pahkla
Coordinates: 58 ° 19 ' N , 22 ° 28' E
Pähkla (German Pechel ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 158 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Its area is 9.66 km².
The place is six kilometers north of the island's capital Kuressaare . An old sacrificial spring is located southeast of the village center on the west bank of the Pähkla jõgi river .
history
Pähkla was first mentioned in 1453 under the name Pechgell . In 1493 the Pechel farm with the village and the Pehkla mill was lent to a certain Clawes Wedberch. In 1504 the farm passed to the noble Baltic German family Vietinghof , to which it belonged until 1608.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 438f.
Web links
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016
