Põllküla

Põllküla
Village
Põllküla is located in Estonia
Põllküla
Põllküla
Coordinates: 59°19′14″N 24°10′51″E / 59.3206°N 24.1808°E / 59.3206; 24.1808
Country Estonia
CountyHarju County
ParishLääne-Harju Parish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Põllküla is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia.[1] It had a population of 38 (1 January 2004).[2]

Põllküla has a station on the Elron western route.

Vasalemma river borders Põllküla to the south.

A small portion of the eastern part of Põllküla's territory is covered by Klooga training area of the Estonian Defence Forces.

From 1942 to 1944 there was a quarantine camp of war refugees located in Põllküla. The refugees were mainly Finns from Ingria, but also other minorities (Estonians, Latvians, Russians) living in then German-occupied Leningrad oblast. Similar evacuation camps were also in nearby Klooga and Paldiski. The refugees who died in the camp waiting for further evacuation were buried in unidentified mass graves in and around Põllküla. Now there is a memorial for those who died in the camp. In the summer of 2018 a memorial tablet was opened in honor of the leader of the evacuation of the Finns, professor Pentti Kaitera [fi].

  • Station before renovation
    Station before renovation

References

  1. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link‍] (retrieved 27 July 2021)
  2. ^ "Arengukava 2004-2014" (PDF) (in Estonian). Keila Vald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
Preceding station Elron Following station
Klooga-Aedlinn
towards Tallinn
 Tallinn–Turba/Paldiski Laoküla
towards Paldiski

59°20′N 24°11′E / 59.333°N 24.183°E / 59.333; 24.183


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