Sõmerpalu

Sõmerpalu
Sõmmõrpalo (in Võro)
Small borough
Sõmerpalu manor
Sõmerpalu manor
Sõmerpalu is located in Estonia
Sõmerpalu
Sõmerpalu
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°51′07″N 26°49′45″E / 57.85194°N 26.82917°E / 57.85194; 26.82917
Country Estonia
County Võru County
MunicipalityVõru Parish

Sõmerpalu (Võro: Sõmmõrpalo, German: Sommerpahlen) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Võru County, Estonia. Between 1991–2017, until the administrative reform of Estonian local governments, the small town was the administrative center of Sõmerpalu Parish. As of 2017, it belongs to Võru Parish.[1]

Sõmerpalu manor

The history of the local manor goes back to at least 1544, when there was a fortified manor, a so-called "vassal castle", at approximately the same site as the present-day manor house. During the Livonian War, however, this building was destroyed, and a new manor house was built some time after this. The present house was erected by the family von Moeller in the 1860s in the then-popular neo-Gothic style.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  2. ^ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 241. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.


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