Sonda (village)
Coordinates: 59 ° 21 ' N , 26 ° 51' E
Sonda is a village ( Estonian alevik ) in the rural municipality of the same name Sonda ( Sonda vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
The village has 531 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2009).
railroad
The place is on the railway line opened in 1870 between the Estonian capital Tallinn and the then Russian capital Saint Petersburg . In 1897 the Sonda train station was inaugurated. The village experienced a rapid economic boom. In particular, forestry settled in and around Sonda. The company Stakelberg & Dehn opened the first sawmill, other companies followed.
On August 1, 1926, a branch line was ceremoniously put into operation. A 62.6 km long narrow-gauge railway connected Sonda with the town of Mustvee on the banks of Lake Peipus . The operation on the non-electrified railway line with a total of 16 stops was finally stopped in 1971.
Another railway connection ran from Sonda to the cement works in Aseri .
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)