Kõrkküla
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
Kõrkküla is located in Estonia
Kõrkküla
Kõrkküla
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639
CountryEstonia
CountyLääne-Viru County
MunicipalityViru-Nigula Parish
First mentioned1466[1]
Population
 (10.01.2012[2])
  Total40

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 TallinnNarva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]

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


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