Rannamõisa
Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ' N , 24 ° 31' E
Rannamõisa (German Strandhof ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural community Harku ( Hark ) in Harju County ( Harrien ). It is located on the Baltic Sea west of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It has 531 inhabitants (as of 2007).
Rannamõisa was first mentioned in 1428. The place was then called Leppesgude . In 1589 the manor Rannamõisa was first mentioned in a document. The last mansion was built as a single-storey stone building at the beginning of the 19th century. It was demolished in the 1970s. In its place there is now a modern villa; some outbuildings to the west of the main house are still partially preserved.
From the 18th century, Rannamõisa became more and more important as a resort on the Gulf of Finland . Summer houses were built in the 19th century and day trippers from the city came to relax on the up to 35 m high cliffs. Rannamõisa has been a protected landscape area since 1959.
The Rannamõisa Church was built in 1901 and consecrated in 1905. A modern parish hall was built at the beginning of the 21st century. Rannamõisa was also known for the Café Merepiiga ("Mermaid"), which the renowned Estonian architect Voldemar Herkel built in the 1960s. It fell victim to a fire in 1992.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Good Rannamõisa (Estonian)