Alu, Estonie
Alu | |
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 Alu Manor | |
  Alu Location in Estonie | |
| Coordinates: 59°01′25″N 24°45′51″E / 59.02361°N 24.76417°E | |
| Kintra | Estonie |
| Coonty | Rapla Coonty |
| Municipality | Rapla Pairish |
| First mentioned | 1241[1] |
| Population | |
| • Total | ca 950 |
Alu is a smaw burgh (Estonie: alevik) in Rapla Pairish, Rapla Coonty, Estonie. It's locatit aboot 3 km (2 mi) northwast o the toun o Rapla. Alu haes a population o ca 950.[2]
Alu wis first mentioned in 1241 as Alafæ veelage in the Danish Census Book.
Alu manor[eedit | eedit soorce]
Alu Manor wis first mentioned in 1409 as Alven (later kent as Allo). The present main building, designed bi Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Alisch, is ane o the best ensaumples o Neo-Gothic style in Estonie. The biggin is surroondit bi a 11 ha pairk wi seiven ponds. Efter the dispossession frae 1923 tae 1955 a local grammar schuil operatit in the main biggin. Syne 1999 it hooses a trainin centre for the Estonie Defence League.[1][3]
Notable fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Magnus Gabriel Bernhard von Brevern (1825–1878), Baltic German militar commander who servit unner the Roushie Empire at the Roushie-Turkis War.
- Priit Võigemast (born 1980), Estonie film, telly an stage actor
See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b "Alu alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 23 Julie 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Alu alevik" (in Estonian). Rapla vald. Retrieved 23 Julie 2012. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ "Alu mõis" (in Estonian). Kaitseliit. Archived frae the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 23 Julie 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Alu Manor at Estonian Manors Portal
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