Kuigatsi

Kuigatsi is a village in Otepää Parish, Valga County in Estonia.

Kuigatsi was first mentioned in 1366. The Kuigatsi manor was located there, which was first mentioned in 1509. The manor's main building and several auxiliary buildings have been preserved. On the basis of the 1765 directive, a village school was created in Kuigatsi, which was opened in 1768. In the 20th century, the school operated in the main building of the manor until 1975. After that, the Valga district school for children with special needs (Kuigatsi Special Boarding School) found a place there, and later also an orphanage. It was liquidated in 2001.