Harku

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Harku
Small borough
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Harku manor
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Harku
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°23′11″N24°34′37″E / 59.38639°N 24.57694°E / 59.38639; 24.57694
Country Estonia
County Harju County
Municipality Harku Parish
First mentioned1242 [1]
Population
 (2011 Census [2] )
 • Total868

Harku (German : Hark) is a small borough (Estonian : alevik) in Harku Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 868, of which the Estonians were 539 (62.1%). [2]

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Harku was first mentioned probably in 1242 as Harkua. [1]

The only women's prison in Estonia Harku Prison is located in Harku. Politician Edgar Savisaar (1950–2022) was born in the prison.

Harku manor

Harku manor (German : Hark) was founded in 1372 by the Teutonic Order. In 1583 it became a private property and was subsequently owned by several Baltic German families from the Baltic nobility. Following the Estonian Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the state and used as a youth prison until the outbreak of World War II. Following the war the main building befell what is today known as the Estonian Agricultural University. [3]

The main building that we see today dates from the 18th century and has been rebuilt several times. It received its present external look during a reconstruction in 1875. [3]

The Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia during the Great Northern War was negotiated in the manor (1710). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Harku alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 24. ISBN   9949-10-117-4.
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