Abja-Vanamõisa
Sign in to saveAbja-Vanamõisa (also known as Tümpsi) is a village in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. It's located about west of the town of Abja-Paluoja and 7 km east of Mõisaküla, between the Valga–Uulu (Valga–Pärnu) road (nr. 8) and the Estonia–Latvia border. Abja-Vanamõisa has a population of 95 (as of 1 January 2012). It was a part of Abja Parish before 2017.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Abja-Vanamõisa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Abja linavabrik 1920. aastatel, vaade läänest..jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The old Abja Flax Factory, 1920
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Estonia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Viljandi County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mulgi Parish
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1583
- Settlement.population_total
- 95
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 01.01.2012
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Mulgi Rural Municipality
- Population
- 53
- Area
- 13.89
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- postal code
- 69406
- Commons category
- Abja-Vanamõisa
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Abja-Vanamõisa (also known as Tümpsi) is a village in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. It's located about west of the town of Abja-Paluoja and 7 km east of Mõisaküla, between the Valga–Uulu (Valga–Pärnu) road (nr. 8) and the Estonia–Latvia border. Abja-Vanamõisa has a population of 95 (as of 1 January 2012). It was a part of Abja Parish before 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1583 when the Livonian War was ending. In 1811 a manor known as was established in the village by detaching the lands from the nearby Abja Manor. It's known that a school operated in Vanamõisa already in 1838. In 1914 a flax factory which is considered to be the first in Estonia was established by engineer Mats Kissa (1887–1956) in Vanamõisa. The factory was closed in 1990.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abja-Vanamõisa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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