Erastvere (german: Errestfer, vro, Erästvere) is a village in

Kanepi Parish Kanepi Parish ( et, Kanepi vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of . The administrative centre is Kanepi. It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjär ...

, Põlva County in southeastern

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It is located just southeast of

Kanepi Kanepi is a small borough (') in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. Hugo Treffner (1845–1912), educator, founder of the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium was born in Kanepi as a son of a family of local parish clerk. Gallery Fi ...

, the centre of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, and is passed by the

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

–

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

– Võru–

Luhamaa Luhamaa is a small area in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia, on the Russian border. The Luhamaa border crossing is located on the European route E77 (road from Pskov to Riga). The official Luhamaa village was abolished in 1 ...

road ( E263). As of 2011 Census, the village's population was 286. The village centre is situated by the 16.3 ha

Lake Erastvere Lake Erastvere is a lake of Estonia. See also *List of lakes of Estonia ''This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in Estonia.'' Largest lakes All lakes ''List is incomplete'' See also * External links {{Europe topic, List of ...

, which is the origin of the

Ahja River The Ahja ( et, Ahja jõgi) is a river in Estonia. The river is long. The river begins at Lake Erastvere and empties into the River Emajõgi Emajõgi (; meaning ''"Mother River"'') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv thro ...

. The

Võhandu River Võhandu ( et, Võhandu) is a river in Estonia. Võhandu is the longest Estonian river fully in Estonian territory.http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/v%C3%B5handu_j%C3%B5gi3 In 1963 was founded protected area Protected areas or conserva ...

also passes Erastvere on its western side. Erastvere is the site of the former Erastvere (''Errestfer'') knight manor. The main building hasn't survived, a newer nursery home building is located on the site. On , during the

Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...

, the

Battle of Erastfer The Battle of Erastfer (also Battle of Errestfer, Battle of Erastvere) took place on 29 December 1701 ( O.S.) / 30 December 1701 (Swedish calendar) / 9 January / 1702 ( N.S.) near Erastfer in eastern Swedish Livonia (present-day Erastvere in Est ...

took place about 3 km southeast of Erastvere in nowadays Magari village. The Russian troops with 18,800 men took the victory over the Swedish 2,470 men. It was the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War. On 1 March 2021

Soodoma Soodoma was a village in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. It was located about 4.5 km southeast of Kanepi, the administrative centre of the municipality, by the Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa road ( E263), just next t ...

village was dissolved and its territory was merged into Erastvere village.

Gallery

File:Erastvere mõis.jpg, Main building of Erastvere Manor File:Erastvere järv.jpg,

File:Mitrophan Grekov 06.jpg, The

, painted by

Mitrofan Grekov Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov (Russian: Митрофан Борисович Греков; born: Mitrofan Pavlovich Martyshchenko; 15 June Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O. S. 3 June 1882 – Novem ...

in 1914.

References

External links

Erastvere Nursing Home
Villages in Põlva County Kreis Werro {{põlva-geo-stub