Padise Parish ( et, Padise vald) was a rural

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, north-western

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. It covered an area of 366.55 km² and had a population of 1,771. The administrative centre of Padise Parish was Padise village. It is located 47 km south-west from

's capital,

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History

The Padise name is first mentioned in the letter of the Danish king, which in 1283 confirmed the acquisition of the landed property for the future Cistercian

Padise Abbey Padise Abbey ( et, Padise klooster) was a former Cistercian monastery in Padise in Harju County, Estonia, settled in 1310 by the dispossessed monks of Dünamünde Abbey in Latvia. It was converted into a fortress after its dissolution in 1 ...

. In 1305

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gave permission to the monks from Dünamünde to build a fortified monastery in Padise, the construction of which began in 1317. In 1343 - at the time of St. George's Night Uprising - the first floor and part of the main floor walls were finished. The monastery was burnt down and 28 monks, lay brothers and German

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were killed. The rebuilding of the monastery began only after 1370 and the consecration of the main building took place as late as 1448. The monastery ceased to exist in 1559 during the

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Local government

The mayor (') was Leemet Vaikmaa.

Geography

Populated places

There were 24

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( est: ''külad'', sg. ''küla'') in Padise Parish: Alliklepa, Altküla, Änglema, Audevälja, Harju-Risti,

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, Karilepa, Kasepere, Keibu, Kobru, Kõmmaste,

Kurkse Kurkse is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County in northern 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 ...

, Laane, Langa, Määra, Madise, Metslõugu, Padise, Pae, Pedase, Suurküla,

Vihterpalu Vihterpalu (german: Wichterpal) is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County in northern 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 Gul ...

, Vilivalla, Vintse.

References

External links

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Padise Map
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