Valgemetsa is a village in
Põlva Parish
Põlva Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia.
On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km2.
In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate m ...
,
Põlva County
Põlva County ( or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 23,989 people live in Põlva County – constituting 1.8% of the total popula ...
in southeastern
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 ...
.
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It is located by the
Ahja River
The Ahja () is a river in Estonia. The river is long.
The river begins at Lake Erastvere and empties into the Emajõgi River. The river's middle course is protected by the Ahja River Valley Landscape Conservation Area.
Gallery
Ahja jõgi, Là ...
near the Tartu-Petseri Railway.
The village was founded after the completion of the railway between 1927 and 1931.
In the 1930s Valgemetsa became a popular holiday location for artists and writers, notably
Elmar Kits. Since then, other artists have spent time at the village, painting the landscape. These include, Saskia Kasemaa, Harri Pudersell and Ida Anton-Agu.
References
Villages in Põlva County
Kreis Dorpat
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