Valgu (Märjamaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 49 ' N , 24 ° 36' E
Valgu (German Walck ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural community Märjamaa in Rapla County . It has 304 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2005).
history
The village was first mentioned in 1284 under the name Walkede , while the German-Baltic Gut Valgu was first mentioned in 1529.
From the 15th to the 17th century, Valgu was owned by the noble Fahrensbach family . The last owner was Arndt Heinrich von Fahrensbach . On June 24, 1621 the estate passed to his son-in-law Jürgen von Wrangel . In 1654 the von Lode are named as owners of Valgu, in 1726 the von Budberg , 1780 then the von Staal, 1806 the von Hoyningen-Huene , already 1809 the ownership changes to the Uexküll .
A newer, two-story mansion was built in the 1820s in the classicism style. Six columns support a portico . From 1820 until the Estonian land reform in the 1920s, the estate belonged to the noble Pilar von Pilchau family .
The mansion was burned down by insurgents on December 14, 1905 during the Russian Revolution . It was the first estate in Läänemaa ( Wiek ) to fall victim to the revolutionary turmoil. The building was later rebuilt. A school has been located in the former manor house since 1941.
The historic manor house is surrounded by an eight-hectare park on the right bank of the Velise River ( Velise jõgi ). The estate's historic schnapps distillery with its tall chimney is also located on the river bank .
Web links
- Description of the place (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henning v. Baensch: History of the von Wrangel family from 1250 to the present. Berlin & Dresden, Wilhelm Baensch Verlagshandlung, 1887, page 161, 525 f.
- ↑ http://www.manor.ee/?id=943&manor_id=35
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002, ISBN 9985-78-574-6 , page 95.