Põllküla is a

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Lääne-Harju Parish Lääne-Harju Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 12,865 (as of 1 January 2019) and covers an area of 645.71 km2. The population ...

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

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. It had a population of 38 (1 January 2004). Põllküla has a station on the Elron western route. Vasalemma river borders Põllküla to the south. A small portion of the eastern part of Põllküla's territory is covered by Klooga training area of the

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. From 1942 to 1944 there was a

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camp of war refugees located in Põllküla. The refugees were mainly

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from

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, but also other minorities (

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) living in then German-occupied

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. Similar evacuation camps were also in nearby Klooga and

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. The refugees who died in the camp waiting for further evacuation were buried in unidentified mass graves in and around Põllküla. Now there is a memorial for those who died in the camp. In the summer of 2018 a memorial tablet was opened in honor of the leader of the evacuation of the Finns, professor .

Gallery

File:Põllküla station.jpg, Station before renovation File:Põllküla.jpg,

References

Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub