Suur-Nõmmküla
Coordinates: 59 ° 5 ' N , 23 ° 37' E
Suur-Nõmmküla (Swedish Klottorp , German (Groß-) Nömmküll ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has nine inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located fifteen kilometers northeast of the county capital Haapsalu .
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 Second World War .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1520 under the name Klotdorp . In 1536 it is occupied as Klopdorp with a Swedish population. The Nömkül farm was built in 1620 . From 1813 it belonged to the noble Taube family .
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, Köln / Wien 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 391.