Sänna ( vro, Sännä, german: Sennen) is a village in

Rõuge Parish Rõuge Parish ( et, Rõuge vald; vro, Rõugõ vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. In 2019, it had a population of 5,427 and an area of 933 km². In 2017, it merged with Haanja Parish, Mõniste Parish, Misso Parish, ...

Võru County Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...

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 ...

. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 55. Poet and writer

Artur Adson Artur Adson ( – 5 January 1977) was an Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic.Don Rubin, Peter Nagy, Philippe Rouyer, ''World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe'', Taylor & Francis, 1995, , p248 Early years Artur Adson (born Karl ...

(1889–1977) grew up in Sänna village. Writer Juhan Jaik was born in Sänna.

Sänna manor

A manor has existed on the site since the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, when it was a subsidiary manor to

Vastseliina Castle Vastseliina Castle ( et, Vastseliina piiskopilinnus, german: Neuhausen, Russian: ''Novgorodok'') was a castle of the Livonian Order, Bishopric of Dorpat. It was constructed by 1342 by the Landmeister Burkhard von Dreileben as part of the border ...

. The present, wooden building however dates from 1875. Throughout history, the manor has belonged to several different

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

families, including the aristocratic families von Budberg, von Vietinghoff and von Fusch. It currently houses a library and a community centre and is open to the public.

Gallery

Pärlijõgi Sännas.JPG, Pärlijõgi WMEE-exp2019-(052) Sänna mäeveski.jpg, Sänna Hill Mill Sänna Vabadussõja mälestussammas..jpg,

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westwa ...

monument Juhan Jaigi mälestuskivi Sännas.jpg, Memorial plaque to Estonian writer and journalist Juhan Jaik, who was born at Sänna Manor

References

Villages in Võru County {{võru-geo-stub