Navesti () is a village in

Põhja-Sakala Parish Põhja-Sakala Parish () is a rural municipality in Viljandi County.http://www.pohja-sakala.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020) Settlements ;Towns Suure-Jaani, Võhma Võhma is a List of cities and towns in Estonia, town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Vil ...

Viljandi County Viljandi County ( or ''Viljandimaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia. History Viljandimaa, under the German name of ''Krei ...

in central

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. It is located on the road between the towns of

Võhma Võhma is a List of cities and towns in Estonia, town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County, central Estonia. History The settlement dates to the sixteenth century. The German-language name of the town was Wöchma. It began to grow when a ra ...

and

Suure-Jaani Suure-Jaani () is a Populated places in Estonia, town in the northern part of the county of Viljandi County, Viljandimaa in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Põhja-Sakala rural municipality, 25 kilometres north of the town of Viljandi. Until 2017, Suure-Ja ...

, about 6 km from each, where the road crosses the

Navesti River The Navesti (also known as Pala or Paala) is a -long-river in southwestern Estonia. It is the largest river by discharge that empties into the Pärnu (at its mouth the discharge is almost equal to that of the Pärnu). The source of the Navesti i ...

. Navesti village has a population of 98 (as of 1 January 2012) and an area of 12.54 km². The

Türi Türi is a town in Järva County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Türi Parish. Due to its spring flower fairs, which have been held since 1977 and are known throughout Estonia, Türi has also been known as the "spring capital" of Es ...

–

Viljandi Viljandi (, , , , ) is a Populated places in Estonia, town and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,255 in 2024. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major ...

railway passes through the village on its eastern side. The nearest station is in the small borough of

Olustvere Olustvere () is a small borough () in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County in central Estonia. It has a population of 465 (as of 2009). During the 19th century and supposedly earlier, the area surrounding the Olustvere estate and its manor (su ...

about 4 km southeast. Navesti was first mentioned in 1599 as ''Navosth'' when the Navesti Manor belonged under the

Pärsti Pärsti () is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 164 (as of 4 January 2010). Javelin thrower Risto Mätas (born 1984) was born in Pärsti. Pärsti mõisa peahoone 2012.jpg, Pärsti manor main buildin ...

Manor. In 1622 the Swedish king Gustav II Adolph gifted both manors to the brothers Casper, Fabian and Michael Engelhardts. The site of the ancient pass over the

which connected the ancient counties of

Sakala Sakala may refer to: Places * Sagala or Sakala, Sagala or Sangala, the ancient Greek name for a city of ancient India, the modern city of Sialkot in present-day Pakistan * Sakala County, an ancient county in Estonia (nowadays for the most part Vil ...

and Järvamaa is located in the village.

References

Villages in Viljandi County Kreis Fellin {{Viljandi-geo-stub