Palivere
Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ' N , 23 ° 53' E
Palivere (German Pallifer ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Lääne-Nigula in Lääne County in Estonia . Until 2013 it belonged to the now dissolved rural community Taebla .
Population and location
The place has 654 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). Its area is 1.4 km². The village is located 20 kilometers northeast of the county capital Haapsalu .
The mountain Pikajalamägi is with 51 m the highest point in the area. There is a ski jumping hill on the top.
history
Today's settlement was mainly built around the station building in the 1920s, which was built after the inauguration of the railway line between Keila and Haapsalu (1906).
During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the population grew rapidly when a factory for the manufacture of building materials was opened in Palivere. In addition to agriculture, the metal and wood processing industries as well as glass production still play an important economic role today.
Well of Palivere
The Palivere manor was first mentioned in a document in 1493. In the 18th century it belonged to the von Berg family and from 1794 to the Pilar von Pilchau family . In 1909 it fell to the Baltic German Woldemar Karl von Hunnius for 10 years . The Estonian state expropriated the property as part of the land reform in 1919.
The mansion, which was completed in the first half of the 19th century, was built in the style of early classicism . Originally it was only two-story in the middle part. In the second half of the 19th century the stairwells and a veranda were added. Several renovations date from after 1960.
From 1923 to 1960 the building housed a kindergarten and then a boarding school. The manor house has served as a children's and youth home since 1992. In addition, guests can rent hotel rooms in the house.
The property is surrounded by a five hectare park. It is under nature protection.
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. 426.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Well of Palivere (Estonian)