Kiidjärve is a village 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 ...

Põlva County Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% ...

in southeastern

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

and about southeast of the city of Tartu, by the Tartu–

Pechory Pechory (russian: Печо́ры; Estonian and Seto: ') is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded in ...

railway and the

Ahja River The Ahja ( et, Ahja jõgi) is a river in Estonia. The river is long. The river begins at Lake Erastvere and empties into the River Emajõgi Emajõgi (; meaning ''"Mother River"'') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv thro ...

. The village territory includes Saesaare Reservoir with hydroelectric power station and Valgesoo bog (Landscape protection area). As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 168. In Kiidjärve, there's a railway halt on Elron's Tartu– Koidula line, but is served by only one train a day. The journey from/to Tartu takes about 45 minutes. Kiidjärve is home to "Maarja Village" (''Maarja Küla''), home of young adults with learning disabilities.

Kiidjärve Manor

Kiidjärve was the location of Kiidjärve Manor (german: Kiddijerw), first mentioned in the end of the 17th century. At first it belonged to the Zoege von Manteuffel family, but changed the owner very often thereinafter. The last baron E. von Maydell built a red brick watermill on the

in 1914. In 1922 the manor was dispossessed and gifted to Independence War veteran Victor Mutt. The manor's classicist wooden main building was destroyed during a fire in 1950. In 2003 a new culture house-library was built on the site. The surrounding park was created in the second half of the 18th century, and was taken under natural protection in 1972.

Notable people

*Actress

Ene Järvis Ene Järvis (born 26 October 1947) is an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actress. Early life and education Ene Järvis was born in Kiidjärve, Põlva County to parents Paul and Amanda Elfriede Järvis. She was the second to youngest ...

(born 1947) was born in Kiidjärve. *Singer and television journalist Kalmer Tennosaar (1928–2004) was born in Kiidjärve.

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File:Kiidjärve mõisa ait-kuivati.jpg, Kiidjärve Manor's granary-cereal dryer File:Dam of the Saesaare hydroelectric power plant.jpg, Dam of Saesaare hydroelectric power plant File:Saesaare paisjärv1.jpg, Saesaare Reservoir File:Saesaare paisjärv4.jpg, Saesaare Reservoir File:Valgesoo Landscape Reserve 3.jpg, Valgesoo landscape protection area File:Valgesoo Landscape Reserve 1.jpg, Observation tower in Valgesoo

Kiidjärve Manor

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