Padise Pairish
Padise Pairish (Estonie: Padise vald) is a landwart municipality in Harju Coonty, north-wastren Estonie. It covers a aurie o 366.55 km² an haes a population o 1,771.
Padise Pairish Padise vald | |
|---|---|
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Padise Pairish athin Harju Coonty. | |
| Kintra |  Estonie |
| Coonty |  Harju Coonty |
| Admeenistrative centre | Padise |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Leemet Vaikmaa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 366.55 km2 (141.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,771 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Website | www.padise.ee |
The admeenistrative centre o Padise Pairish is Padise veelage. It is locatit 47 km sooth-wast frae Estonie's caipital, Tallinn.
History
eeditThe Padise name is first mentioned in the letter o the Dens king, which in 1283 confirmit the acquisition o the laundit property for the futur Cistercian Padise Abbey. In 1305 Eric VI o Denmark gave permission tae the monks frae Dünamünde tae build a fortifee'd monastery in Padise, the construction o which begun in 1317. In 1343 - at the time o St. George's Nicht Uprisin - the first floor an pairt o the main floor waws wur finished. The monastery wis burnt doun an 28 monks, lay brithers an German vassals wur killed. The rebiggin o the monastery begun anerly efter 1370 an the consecration o the main biggin teuk place as late as 1448. The monastery ceased tae exist in 1559 durin the Livonie War.
Geografie
eeditPopulatit places
eeditThare are 24 veelages (est: külad, sg. küla) in Padise Pairish: Alliklepa, Altküla, Änglema, Audevälja, Harju-Risti, Hatu, Karilepa, Kasepere, Keibu, Kobru, Kõmmaste, Kurkse, Laane, Langa, Määra, Madise, Metslõugu, Padise, Pae, Pedase, Suurküla, Vihterpalu, Vilivalla, Vintse.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial wabsteid (available anerly in Estonie)
- Padise Map Archived 2007-03-05 at the Wayback Machine