Käru is a
small borough ( et, alevik) in
Türi Parish,
Järva County
Järva County ( et, Järva maakond or ''Järvamaa''; german: Jerwen; la, Jervia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the central part of the country and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south-east, ...
,
Estonia
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.
Before the administrative reform in 2017, Käru was the administrative centre of
Käru Parish.
Käru has a railway station on the
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
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Viljandi
Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu. ...
railway line operated by
Elron (rail transit)
AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia.
The company was founded as a subsidiary of Eesti Raudtee in 1998, and separated shortly thereafter. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusi ...
.
Käru manor
Käru (german: Kerro) was established as an estate in the mid-18th century. The present building was built in 1878 and designed by
Riga architect
Robert Pflug
Robert Pflug ( lv, Roberts Pflūgs; 1 May 1832 – 30 November 1885) was a Baltic German architect.
Robert August Pflug was born in Saint Petersburg as the son of a merchant. He studied at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Tech ...
. It is an
eclectic building with mainly
neo-Renaissance
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elements. It was damaged during the
Revolution of 1905 and also during
World War II
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. The manor house ensemble has several well-preserved and unusual outbuildings and annexes.
Explorer
Karl von Ditmar was the landowner of Käru.
Economist
Ragnar Nurkse
Ragnar Wilhelm Nurkse (, Käru, Estonia (then Russian Empire) – 6 May 1959, Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland) was an Estonian-American economist and policy maker mainly in the fields of international finance and economic development. He is cons ...
(1907–1959) was born in Käru Manor.
Gallery
File:Käru rüütlimõisa peahoone.JPG, Käru manor
File:Käru kirik.jpg, Wooden church in Käru.
File:Käru paisjärv (Ingliste oja).jpg, Käru reservoir
File:Käru mõisa sepikoda 1.jpg, Käru manor, the smithy
See also
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List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia
This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Estonia, separate article. As there are at least 400 manor houses in Estonia, this list is incomplete.
Palaces ...
References
External links
Käru Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Manor houses in Estonia
Kreis Pernau
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