Karla is a village in
Kose Parish
Kose Parish () is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
In October 20 ...
,
Harju County
Harju County ( or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla Count ...
in northern
Estonia
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.
First written record of the village is from 1241 in
Danish landmeasuring book (
Liber Census Daniae).
Before the
Great Northern War
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(1700–1721) there were 3 villages in the current territory:
Kirimäe (13 farms), Söönurme (3 farms) and Karla (17 farms). After the
plague (1711) and robbers - there were only 6 families left.
In 1805, there was a
Kose-Uuemõisa rebellion
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from the village farmers against landlords. One of the rebel leaders was from Karla village.
In 1944, during the
bombardment of Tallinn, one
Russia
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n
bomber
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air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch aerial torpedo, torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.
There are two major classifications of bomber: strategic and tactical. Strateg ...
crashed between Vetka and Matsuhansu farm.
In 1949, by the order from the Soviet state, new
kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...
was initiated in the village.
After the re-independence of
Republic of Estonia
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, in 1991, there was a local community movement to restore village history and traditions.
Nowadays, the village is mostly known for its horticultural farms and nurseries. Internationally most well-known is Roogoja Farm and family Kivistik (''
Clematis
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'', ''grapes'' and ''vines'') and their one of the most northern collection garden.
[Roogoja farm - http://www.roogoja.ee/index_en.html]
References
Villages in Harju County
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