Kammeri is a village in
Kambja Parish
Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme
;Villages:
Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaatsi - Kammeri - Kavandu - Kodijärve - Kõrkküla - Kullaga - ...
,
Tartu County
Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of t ...
in southern
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 ...
, located about 23 km south of the city of
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 ...
.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] In 2000 Kammeri had a population of 92.
Kammeri Manor
Kammeri is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in southern Estonia, located about 23 km south of the city of Tartu. (retrieved 28 July 2021) In 2000 Kammeri had a population of 92.
Kammeri Manor (german: Gut Dückershof) was first men ...
(german: Gut Dückershof) was first mentioned in the middle of the 16th century, when it belonged to the
Dückers. Other owners include the
Fersen The Fersen family, stylized as the von Fersen family (german: Versen), is a Baltic German aristocratic family grouped into several ennobled branches that settled in and around the kingdoms bordering the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. The most well- ...
s,
Rennenkampff
Rennenkampff was a noble Baltic nobility, Baltic German family. It was of Westphalian origin and originated in Osnabrück. They held the title of ''Edler''.
History
The Rennenkampff family was originally called Remmenkamp, the family was of Germ ...
s,
Helmersen
The Helmersen family (earlier ''Helmes'') was noble family which roots came from Hamburg, Germany. Helmersens lived in Sweden and Imperial Russia, including the Governorate of Livonia and Governorate of Estonia.
In 1651, Swedish Queen Christina ...
s and
Staden
Staden (; vls, Stoan) is a village and rural Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality has around 11 000 inhabitants.
In the local West-Flemish dialect, the ''d'' is not pronounc ...
s. After the dispossession in 1919 the manor building was used as a school. The building was demolished in 2009 to build a modern schoolhouse.
Kammeri village school was established in 1765.
Baltic German geologist
Gregor von Helmersen
Gregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen (russian: Григорий Петрович Гельмерсен, – ) was a Baltic German geologist.
Biography
Helmersen was born in Duckershof, Livonia (now in Estonia) and went to boar ...
(1803–1885) was born in Kammeri Manor. Also the German diplomat
Berndt von Staden
Berndt Robert Alexander Michael von Staden (24 June 1919 – 17 October 2014) was a German diplomat who was the West German Ambassador to the United States from 1973 until 1979.
Life
Von Staden grew up as a Baltic German in Tallinn, Estonia. He ...
(
de) (born 1919) spent his childhood in the manor.
References
External links
Kammeri Manorat Estonian Manors Portal
Villages in Tartu County
Kreis Dorpat
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