Udria
Coordinates: 59 ° 24 ' N , 27 ° 55' E
Udria is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Vaivara ( Vaivara vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
Description and history
The village has 24 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). It is located on the Gulf of Finland , 30 kilometers from the city of Jõhvi .
For nature lovers, the place is best known for the glacial valley of the five kilometer long Udria stream ( Udria oja ) and the Udria waterfall ( Udria juga or Utria juga ). There are numerous large boulders on the beach .
The place was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniæ . He was then called Ydrigas . There is evidence of a watermill on the Udria brook from the 17th century. It was demolished in 1900 when the Kochnev family expanded their palace gardens. The castle was destroyed in the First World War.
Like many villages in the area, Udria experienced a boom in day-trippers who wanted to enjoy the summer freshness on the Baltic coast from the middle of the 19th century . Numerous summer houses were built.
In 1944, almost all of the town's buildings were destroyed by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War .
Estonian War of Independence
On January 17, 1919, Estonian troops and Finnish volunteers landed at Udria during the Estonian War of Freedom . They were under the command of Johan Pitka and Martin Ekström .
The soldiers were able to repel the Soviet Russian troops. The operation initiated the expulsion of the Bolsheviks from the city of Narva two days later.
In 1939 a memorial plaque was inaugurated at the landing site. It was destroyed a year later, after the Soviet occupation of Estonia. After Estonian regained independence, a replica of the plaque was placed on the historic site on June 2, 1990. This plaque was destroyed again a year later by strangers. In 1999 a new memorial plaque was made.
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
