Sandla
Coordinates: 58 ° 18 ' N , 22 ° 49' E
Sandla (German Sandel ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural community Saaremaa (until 2017: rural community Pihtla ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 81 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located twenty kilometers northeast of the island's capital Kuressaare , directly on the Baltic Sea .
In the place there is a library and a culture house. A small fishing port is located southeast of the village center.
history
The village goes back to a farm that was built in the Middle Ages. It was initially called Randen . It was greatly enlarged in the 16th century. From 1501 to 1817 the manor was owned (with short interruptions) by the noble Baltic German family Vietinghoff . The last private owner before the expropriation as part of the Estonian land reform in 1919 was Erich Baron Nolcken.
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. 533.
Web links
- Sandla Culture House (Estonian)