Kalvi is a village in

Viru-Nigula Parish Viru-Nigula Parish ( et, Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 1,293 (as of 1 January 2011) and an area of . Settlements ;Towns: Kunda ;Small boroughs: Aseri, Viru-Nigula ;Vil ...

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, in northeastern

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. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It's located about north of the

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–

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54, ...

road (part of

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), northwest of

Aseri Aseri (german: Asserin) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,439, of which the Estonians Estonians or Estonian people ( ...

and northeast of

Viru-Nigula Viru-Nigula is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Viru-Nigula Parish Viru-Nigula Parish ( et, Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It ha ...

, on the coast of the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...

. Kalvi has a population of 51 (as of 1 January 2012). Kalvi is best known for its Medieval manor. It was first mentioned in 1485. The owners von Lodes had built there one of the grandiosest vassal fortresses in Estonia. Ca. 30 m wide trapezoid-shaped

castellum A ''castellum'' in Latin is usually: * a small Roman fortlet or tower,C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War; 2,30 a diminutive of (' military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal station like on Hadrian's Wall. It should be distinguished from ...

type fortress was probably built in the beginning of the 15th century. It is also possible that the manor had existed already in 13th–14th centuries. A new Early-Classical main building was erected on the eastern wing of the fortress, by the

von Essen Essen or von Essen is the surname of a Baltic German and Swedish noble family. History The first known ancestor was Thomas von Essen (d. 1615–1627) who was from Lääne län in Estonia. His son Alexander von Essen received Swedish nobilit ...

s. In 1910, it burned down and was replaced by a new luxurious eclectic main building nearby in 1913. The manor was owned by the von Stackelbergs until 1940. Nowadays, a hotel and a restaurant operate in the building. Russian military commander

Magnus Gustav von Essen Magnus Gustav von Essen (russian: Иван Николаевич Эссен; Ivan Nikolaevich Essen; ) was a Baltic German lieutenant general and military governor of Riga at the start of the Patriotic War of 1812. Life Pre-1812 From the Essen ...

(1759–1813) was born in Kalvi Manor. Soviet Estonian political leader

Johannes Käbin Johannes Käbin (), also known by his Russified name Ivan Gustavovich Kebin (; 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who l ...

(1905–1999) was born in Kalvi before emigrating to Russia. Politicians Anna Leetsmann and Johannes Jaanis were also born in Kalvi.

Gallery

File:Kalvi linnus 1.jpg, The ruins of the Kalvi fortress. File:Kalvi linnuse varemed vana peahoonega, 2010, regnr 13835.jpg, The ruins of the old main building of Kalvi Manor. File:Kalvi mõisa peahoone Ida-Virumaal.jpg, The new main building of Kalvi Manor from 1913. File:Kalvi mõisa ait (regnr 13837) ja teenijatemaja (regnr 13836). 2010.jpg, The granary and the servant house. File:Esimene külm Mahus.jpg, Beach at Kalvi, with glacial erratic boulders.

References

External links

Kalvi Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalvi Villages in Lääne-Viru County Castles of the Teutonic Knights Kreis Wierland