Ahja is a small borough (') in

Põlva Parish Põlva Parish ( et, Põlva vald) is a rural municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia. On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km². In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate municipali ...

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in southeastern

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. Named after the Ahja River, it is located 191 km southeast of

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and about 16km north of

Põlva Põlva () is a town in southeastern Estonia, the capital of Põlva County, and the centre of Põlva Parish. Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Song Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a small f ...

Ahja manor

The earliest references to Ahja estate (german: Aya) are from 1553. It belonged to the

Oxenstierna Oxenstierna ( , ) is a Swedish noble family, originally from Småland in southern Sweden which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century. The Oxenstierna family held vast estates in Södermanland and Uppland during the late Middle Ages a ...

family in the 17th century but was later taken over by the Swedish state through one of the so-called reductions. In 1716, it was given to Christina Glück, the widow of

Johann Ernst Glück Johann Ernst Glück ( lv, Johans Ernsts Gliks; 10 November 1652 – 5 May 1705) was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia. Glück was born in Wettin as the son of a pastor. After attending the Lati ...

, in whose family the future

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grew up. The present two-storey, Baroque style building with a pavilion-shaped main entrance dates from the period of ownership of François Guillemot de Villebois, who was the son-in-law of Christina Glück. The building was completed around 1749, probably built by master builders from

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1770,

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (23 January 1751, or 12 January in the Julian calendar – 4 June 1792, or 24 May in the Julian calendar) was a Baltic German writer of the ''Sturm und Drang'' movement. Life Lenz was born in Sesswegen (Cesvaine), ...

became for two years the manager of the estate. Later, it belonged to various

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families. One of these was the von Brasch, who built a burial chapel, still standing, for their family members in the manor park.

Notable people

* Signy Aarna (born 1990), football player * Andrus Murumets (born 1978), strongman *

Friedebert Tuglas Friedebert Tuglas, born Friedebert Mihkelson or Michelson (2 March 1886 – 15 April 1971) was an Estonian writer and critic who introduced Impressionism and Symbolism to Estonian literature.List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Estonia, separate article. As there are at least 400 manor houses in Estonia, this list is incomplete. Palaces ...

References

External links

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Ahja manor

See also

Notable people

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