Tilsi

Coordinates: 57 ° 58 '  N , 27 ° 0'  E

Tilsi​

Estonia

By the lake Kõrbjärv

Former manor of the estate

Community grave for soldiers who fell in World War II

Tilsi (German Tilsit ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in southeast Estonia . Until 2017 it was the main town of the former rural community Laheda (Laheda vald) in Põlva County . Since then, Tilsi has belonged to the Põlva municipality .

description

The village has 394 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located thirteen kilometers north of the city of Võru .

Nearby are the two lakes Tilsi Pikkjärv (24.7 hectares) and Tilsi Kõrbjärv (13 hectares). With the territorial reform in the Estonian SSR in 1977, the villages of Koolitarõ (Koolitare) and Viuperä were incorporated.

A village school was founded as early as 1766. Today there is a primary school and a kindergarten in the place.

Well

In 1749 the independent manor Tilse was mentioned in a document. From 1833 until it was expropriated as part of the Estonian land reform in 1919, it belonged to the noble German Baltic family Roth .

In the middle of the 18th century, the one-story main building made of wood was built. It was extended between 1866 and 1885 through a renovation. In 1921 the mansion was rededicated as a children's home, which moved into a new building in 1978.

Some of the outbuildings as well as the estate's park, which extends to Lake Tilsi Pikkjärv , have also been preserved.

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 , pp. 595f.

Web links

Commons : Manor House Tilsi  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description (eestigiid.ee)
• Gut Tilsi (German)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Estonian Statistical Office , accessed on January 14, 2017
2. ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), p. 233