Kurista is a village in
Kastre Parish
Kastre Parish ( et, Kastre vald) is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
* Roiu
* Võnnu
;Villages:
* Aadami
* Aardla
* Aardlapalu
* Agali
* Ahunapalu
* Alaküla
* Aruaia
* Haaslava
* Hammaste
* I ...
,
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% ...
,
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 southwest of
Võnnu
Võnnu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Tartu County, in Kastre Parish Estonia. It is located about southeast of the city of Tartu. Võnnu has a population of 552 (2011).
Võnnu was the administrative centre of Võnnu Parish.
Võnnu vi ...
. The city of
Tartu is located about northwest. In 2000 Kurista had a population of 135.
Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village belonged to
Võnnu Parish.
Kurista Manor (''Kurrista'') was established after 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-Swed ...
by detaching the land from
Ahja
Ahja is a small borough (') in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. Named after the Ahja River, it is located 191 km southeast of Tallinn and about 16km north of Põlva.
Ahja manor
The earliest references to Ah ...
Manor. Until 1902 it belonged to the
Villebois. The small flush joint eclectic main building was constructed of bricks in the second half of the 19th century. A large park is surrounding the manorhouse. In the western end of the park there's the family cemetery of de Villebois'.
References
External links
Kurista Manorat Estonian Manors Portal
Villages in Tartu County
Kreis Dorpat
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