Purtse (place)

Purtse

Purtse on the map of Estonia

Purtse (German Alt-Isenhof ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian district of Ida-Viru . It belongs to the rural community of Lüganuse . Purtse has 322 inhabitants. The village lies on the river Purtse ( Purtse jõgi ), which flows north of the village center into the Gulf of Finland . There is also a small marina there .

Vassal castle Purtse

The Purtse vassal castle

The village was named in the Liber Census Daniæ as early as 1241 . The Purtse manor was first mentioned in a document in 1421. It belonged to the German Baltic noble family von Taube (von Tuve) until the 17th century . Around 1530 Johann von Taube had the three-story fortified stone manor built on the east bank of the river. It served both residential and defensive purposes. The walls were extraordinarily thick with a thickness of 2.35 m. A rectangular tower with a tiled roof adjoins the western part of the castle. The door and window openings as well as the loopholes are designed in the style of the early Renaissance . A hypocaust heated the large ballroom on the second floor. It is likely that other wooden buildings were added that are no longer preserved today.

The Purtse estate was badly damaged in the Great Northern War , but was later rebuilt. In 1731 the Tsarist statesman and major general Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (1704–1765) acquired Purtse. Since he and his descendants also owned the neighboring Püssi estate , Purtse was neglected and later used as a granary.

In 1918/19 the Estonian state expropriated the manor as part of the extensive land reform in Estonia . After the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the castle fell into disrepair. It was not renovated until 1987–1990 and has shone in new splendor ever since. Today numerous events, concerts and exhibitions take place there. A small restaurant attracts both locals and tourists.

park

A park planted with oaks and linden trees has been located on the Hiiemägi hill (for example, "Mountain of the Sacred Grove"), where a place of worship for the pre-Christian Estonians might be. It is dedicated to all victims of tyranny, including those of communism . In the middle of the park, a “map of the suffering of Estonia” provides information on the deportations of the Estonian population to Siberia under the Stalinist dictatorship.

Web links

literature

Thea Karin: Estonia. Cultural and scenic diversity in a historical borderland between east and west. Cologne 1994 (= DuMont art and landscape guide ) ISBN 3-7701-2614-9 , p. 138f.

Individual evidence

59.411388888889 27.012222222222Coordinates: 59 ° 25 ' N , 27 ° 1' E

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