Mõisaküla (; ) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in southern

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, part of

Mulgi Parish Mulgi Parish () is a rural municipality in southern Estonia. It is a part of Viljandi County. As of 2021, the municipality has a population of 7,372, and covers . Geography The administrative centre of the Mulgi municipality is the town of A ...

Viljandi County Viljandi County ( or ''Viljandimaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia. History Viljandimaa, under the German name of ''Krei ...

, just next to the border of

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. The town has 32 streets, with the total length of 15,5 km. There are 401 dwellings in Mõisaküla, consisting mainly of small 1- or 2-floor small houses. The closest regional centres are

Viljandi Viljandi (, , , , ) is a Populated places in Estonia, town and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,255 in 2024. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major ...

(49 km away) and

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...

(63 km). It is 189 km from the capital city,

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, and 125 km from the second largest city,

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History

Mõisaküla arose on the fens of Abja manor (mõis), after which it is named. It was a large railway hub in the 1920s and 1930s, when two narrow-gauge lines came through Mõisaküla, serving all of Estonia until the 1970s when the Soviets closed both lines. It became a town on 1 May 1938. A Lutheran church was established in 1934, but was burned and destroyed in 1983; restoration of the church started in 2005 and the church reopened in 2014. Mõisaküla is the birthplace of Olympic weightlifting medalist

Arnold Luhaäär Arnold Luhaäär (20 October 1905 – 19 January 1965) was an Estonian heavyweight weightlifter. He competed in the 1928 and 1936 Olympic Games and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively. He missed the 1932 games because Estonia could not ...

. Luhaäär's medals are on permanent display at the Mõisaküla Museum. It is also the birthplace of stage and film actress

Rita Raave Rita Raave (born 6 April 1951) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress, and painter. Early life and education Rita Raave was born in Mõisaküla, Viljandi County in 1951 to journalist, cartoonist, Lutheran pastor, and politician Kale ...

Twin towns – sister cities

The former municipality of Mõisaküla was twinned with: *

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, Finland

Gallery

Meizakilas dzelzceļa stacija 1.jpg, Mõisaküla railway station Mõisaküla linnavalitsus.JPG, Municipal building (August 2012) Moisakula church - panoramio.jpg, Estonian Orthodox church in Mõisaküla

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moisakula Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Viljandi County Mulgi Parish Kreis Pernau