Valtu
Sign in to saveValtu () is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Valtu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Valtu mõisa -Puraviku- tuuleveski.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmill in Valtu village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rapla County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rapla Parish
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 218
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Rapla Rural Municipality
- Population
- 196
- Area
- 3.28
- Image
- Valtu mõisa -Puraviku- tuuleveski.jpg
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Valtu () is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.
Valtu Manor (in Swedish Waldau, in Estonian Valtu mõis) is a ruined and partially rebuilt manor in Valtu. The first record of the manor was in 1412. From 1588-1828 the Tiesenhausen family owned the manor and it was later owned by families named Stackelberg, Ungern von Sternberg, and Meidel. During this time it was considered to be a work of classic Estonian architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valtu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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