Hüti, Hiiu County
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Hüti is a village in
Hiiumaa Parish Hiiumaa Parish ( Estonian: ''Hiiumaa vald'') is a rural municipality of Estonia on the island of Hiiumaa. Hiiumaa Parish was established by merging Emmaste Parish, Hiiu Parish, Käina Parish and Pühalepa Parish after the municipal elections h ...
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Hiiu County Hiiu County ( or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German language, German and ), the second largest island of Estonia, and several smaller isl ...
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Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
, on the island of
Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...
. (retrieved 28 July 2021) As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 0. In 1628, the first glass factory in Estonia was established in Hüti. It was owned by the Swedish military commander and a great Hiiumaa's landowner
Jacob De la Gardie Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (20 June 1583 – 22 August 1652) was a wikt:statesman, statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward. He was Privy Council of Sweden, Privy Councilor from ...
. But it closed off in 1664. The village is first mentioned in 1798 (''Hütti''). Historically, the village was part of Kõrgessaare Manor (), and Lauka Manor ().


Gallery

File:Hüti (2).JPG, The site of the former glass factory File:Hüti (4).JPG,


References

Villages in Hiiu County Former villages {{Hiiu-geo-stub