Riguldi
Coordinates: 59 ° 8 ' N , 23 ° 32' E
Riguldi (Swedish Rickul , German Rickholtz ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has six inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located 22 kilometers north of the district capital Haapsalu , directly on the Baltic Sea .
The river Riguldi jõgi , which is twelve kilometers long and flows through the village, has its source in Lake Kaevandu (Estonian Kaevandu järv , Swedish Stortraske ) in the Niibi raba bog to the southeast .
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village was part of the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until the mid-1940s .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1540 under the name Ryckholt .
After 1604 the Rickholtz farm was established . From 1704 until it was expropriated as part of the Estonian land reform in 1919, it belonged to the noble Taube family . The single-storey wooden mansion with its high roof dates from the first half of the 19th century. Today there is a boarding school for young people with disabilities.
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 . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 501f.
Web links
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- Description (Estonian)
- Gut von Riguldi (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://pub.stat.ee/
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 320
- ↑ http://www.tallinncity.ee/875006/riguldi-moisast-saab-erivajadustega-noorte-kodu