Tuhala
Coordinates: 59 ° 13 ' N , 24 ° 58' E
Tuhala (German Toal ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural community Kose ( Kosch ) in Harju ( Harrien ) district. It has 73 inhabitants (as of 2000).
History and sights
The place Tuhala was first mentioned in 1241. The village lies on the river of the same name, the Tuhala jõgi . The karst landscape (188 ha) and the numerous caves are nature reserves. There are eleven prehistoric settlement remains in it , including traces of a beam path from the 3rd / 4th centuries in the Heinasoo moor . Century AD. A small “nature center” explains the geology of the region. A memorial to the Estonian geologist and speleologist Ülo Heinsalu (1928–1994) has been located nearby since 2001 .
Good Tuhala
The Tuhala estate has been documented since 1468. Its most famous personality was the Baltic German cartographer Ludwig August Mellin (1754–1835), the editor of the Atlas of Lieffland or of the two governors and duchies of Lieff and Ehstland and the province of Oesel ( Riga and Leipzig 1798). Insurgents completely burned the mansion down during the 1905 Russian Revolution . With over a hundred botanical species, the estate's park is one of the richest in all of northern Estonia. A memorial stone commemorates the historic Tuhala school, which existed from 1639 to 1768.
church
The Baltic German Count Carl Johann Mellin (1707–1775) had the Tuhala church built, and in 1777 it was completed. The pulpit altar by Berent Geistmann in the Renaissance style dates from the beginning of the 17th century, the compass rose on the spire from 1670. The organ was built in 1849 by Gustav Normann for the church in Kose ( Kosch ) and later transferred to Tuhala. There are two historic burial chapels in the nearby cemetery.
Witch fountain
The "Witch's Fountain of Tuhala" ( Estonian Tuhala nõiakaev ) in the Sulu farm is also known. Mostly in spring - after heavy rain or during the snowmelt - a natural spectacle occurs: When the Tuhala river swells, which runs underground here, up to 100 liters of water per second emerge from the well. This "boiling over" offers a regular spectacle for locals and tourists.
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
- Tuhala Nature Reserve (Official Website)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.maaturism.ee/index.php?id=de&liige_id=391
- ↑ http://www.eelk.ee/tuhala/
- ↑ Indrek Rohtmets: Kultuurilooline Eestimaa . Tallinn 2004 ( ISBN 9985-3-0882-4 ), pp. 138f.