Kalvi is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish,

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, in northeastern

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. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It's located about north of the

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road (part of E20), northwest of Aseri and northeast of

Viru-Nigula Viru-Nigula is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Viru-Nigula Parish Viru-Nigula Parish ( et, Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a ...

, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Kalvi has a population of 51 (as of 1 January 2012). Kalvi is best known for its Medieval manor. It was first mentioned in 1485. The owners von Lodes had built there one of the grandiosest vassal fortresses in Estonia. Ca. 30 m wide trapezoid-shaped castellum type fortress was probably built in the beginning of the 15th century. It is also possible that the manor had existed already in 13th–14th centuries. A new Early-Classical main building was erected on the eastern wing of the fortress, by the

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s. In 1910, it burned down and was replaced by a new luxurious eclectic main building nearby in 1913. The manor was owned by the von Stackelbergs until 1940. Nowadays, a hotel and a restaurant operate in the building. Russian military commander Magnus Gustav von Essen (1759–1813) was born in Kalvi Manor. Soviet Estonian political leader

Johannes Käbin Johannes Käbin (), also known by his Russified name Ivan Gustavovich Kebin (; 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who led t ...

(1905–1999) was born in Kalvi before emigrating to Russia. Politicians Anna Leetsmann and Johannes Jaanis were also born in Kalvi.

Gallery

File:Kalvi linnus 1.jpg, The ruins of the Kalvi fortress. File:Kalvi linnuse varemed vana peahoonega, 2010, regnr 13835.jpg, The ruins of the old main building of Kalvi Manor. File:Kalvi mõisa peahoone Ida-Virumaal.jpg, The new main building of Kalvi Manor from 1913. File:Kalvi mõisa ait (regnr 13837) ja teenijatemaja (regnr 13836). 2010.jpg, The granary and the servant house. File:Esimene külm Mahus.jpg, Beach at Kalvi, with glacial erratic boulders.

References

External links

Kalvi Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalvi Villages in Lääne-Viru County Castles of the Teutonic Knights Kreis Wierland