Päidla is a village in
Otepää Parish
Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.
The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of t ...
,
Valga County
Valga County ( or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga Co ...
in southeastern
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's located about north of the town of
Otepää
Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia (in contrast to the "summer ca ...
. Päidla has a population of 94 (as of 1 January 2011).
Besides the
Lake Mõrtsuka
Mõrtsuka is a lake of Estonia.
See also
*List of lakes of Estonia
Lakes of Estonia, Mortsuka
Otepää Parish
Lakes of Valga County, Mortsuka
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, there are several smaller lakes located in the village: Ahvenjärv, Kalmejärv, Kõverjärv, Mõisajärv, Näkijärv and Uibujärv. The landscape around the lakes is hilly.
Päidla Manor was first mentioned in 1522 as ''Krowelshof'', later known as ''Samhof'' and ''Paidel''. In the 19th century it was owned by explorer
Alexander von Middendorff
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (; 18 August 1815 – 24 January 1894) was a Russian zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He was known for his expedition in 1843–45 to the extreme north and east of Siberia, des ...
. Nowadays the manor buildings are destroyed, only an alley has survived.
Gallery
File:Päidla mõisajärv.jpg, Mõisajärv
File:Näkijärv.jpg, Näkijärv
File:Päidla ahvenajärv.jpg, Ahvenjärv
External links
References
Villages in Valga County
Kreis Dorpat
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