Kõrkküla,_Lääne-Viru_County

Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County

Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County

Village in Estonia

Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.[3] It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]

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Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.[1]

There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.[1]

Limestone cross

References

  1. [1]
    "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)


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