Kurista is a village in
Kastre Parish
Kastre Parish () is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
* Roiu
* Võnnu
;Villages:
* Aadami
* Aardla
* Aardlapalu
* Agali
* Ahunapalu
* Alaküla
* Aruaia
* Haaslava
* Hammaste
* Igevere
* Igna ...
,
Tartu County
Tartu County ( or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of the territory of E ...
,
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 ...
.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] It is located just southwest of
Võnnu
Võnnu () is a small borough () in Tartu County, in Kastre Parish, Estonia. It is located about southeast of the city of Tartu. Võnnu has a population of 552 (2011).
Võnnu was the administrative centre of Võnnu Parish.
Name
Võnnu was at ...
. The city of
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...
is located about northwest. In 2000 Kurista had a population of 135.
Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village belonged to
Võnnu Parish
Võnnu Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small borough:
Võnnu
;Villages:
Agali, Estonia, Agali - Ahunapalu - Hammaste - Imste - Issaku - Kannu, Tartu County, Kannu - Kõnnu, Tartu County, Kõnnu - Kurista, T ...
.
Kurista Manor (''Kurrista'') was established after the
Great Northern War
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...
by detaching the land from
Ahja
Ahja is a small borough (') in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. Named after the Ahja River, it is located southeast of Tallinn and about north of Põlva.
Ahja manor
The earliest references to Ahja estate () are from 1 ...
Manor. Until 1902 it belonged to the
Villebois. The small flush joint eclectic main building was constructed of bricks in the second half of the 19th century. A large park is surrounding the manorhouse. In the western end of the park there's the family cemetery of de Villebois'.
References
External links
Kurista Manorat Estonian Manors Portal
Villages in Tartu County
Kreis Dorpat
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