Kaunissaare is a village in
Anija Parish
Anija Parish ( et, Anija vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, Estonia, consisting of 33 settlements.
The parish has a population of 6274 and covers an area of .
The administrative centre of the municipality is Kehra. The municipalit ...
,
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the so ...
,
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 ...
, south and south-east of the town of
Kehra
Kehra is a town in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, most known for its pulp and paper mill.
The town is situated on the banks of the Jägala river, and has a station on the Tallinn-Narva railway.
As of January 1, 2021, the town had a popu ...
, situated around the
Kaunissaare reservoir
Kaunissaare Reservoir is located on Jägala river in Kaunissaare Village, Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, near Kehra.
The reservoir is part of the Tallinn water supply system and is connected to Pirita, Soodla and Aavoja rivers via can ...
, on the banks of the
Jägala river Jägala may refer to:
* Jägala, Estonia
* Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala
**Jägala Waterfall Jägala may refer to:
*Jägala, Estonia
*Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala
** Jägala Waterfall, a waterfall along the r ...
.
As of August 1, 2020, the village had a population of 89.
History
Kaunissaare manor () was first mentioned in 1326 but it disappeared in the following centuries. The manor's mill is known to have been operating until the manor was re-established in 1815 as a half-manor. The manor's main building burnt down in 1945. Several other buildings that belonged to the manor complex were destroyed and flooded in the beginning of 1980's, when the reservoir was being built on the
Jägala river Jägala may refer to:
* Jägala, Estonia
* Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala
**Jägala Waterfall Jägala may refer to:
*Jägala, Estonia
*Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala
** Jägala Waterfall, a waterfall along the r ...
. The reservoir is part of the
Tallinn water supply system
Tallinn water supply system is a water supply system that provides potable water to Estonia's capital city Tallinn.
90% of Tallinn's potable water is produced from the surface water. The heart of the system Ülemiste Water Treatment Plant is lo ...
and is connected via canals to
Pirita
Pirita is one of the eight administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Pirita occupies a relatively big area, but compared to other districts of Tallinn its population of 17,592 (as of 1 November 2014) is relati ...
,
Aavoja
The Aavoja is a long river in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia that flows into Jägala river near Kehra.
The current source is located in Pillapalu village, just south of Koitjärve Bog. The upstream part of the river was dug in the 1930s ...
and
Soodla
Soodla is a village in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021)
The village is situated on the banks of the Soodla river
Soodla is river in Estonia in Harju and Lääne-Viru County. The river is 72.6 km long and basin ...
rivers. The node was opened in 1984.
[ EE 12. köide, 2003: 206.] Kaunissaare fish passage was built in 2015.
Gallery
File:Kaunissaare crossroads spring.jpg, Intersection west of Kaunissaare reservoir
References
Further reading
* Miidla, Ants (2014). ''Kehra Lood'' (in Estonian). MTÜ Kehra Raudteejaam. .
External links
Anija Parish homepage
Villages in Harju County
Kreis Harrien
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