Vihula () is a village in

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, in northern

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, within

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Name

Vihula was attested in historical sources as ''Viola'' in 1241, ''Vyol'' in 1402, ''Fioell'' in 1516, and ''Wihhola'' in 1796, among other spellings. The Finnish linguist derived the name from the adjective ''viha'' 'bitter', connecting it with the common Finnish place name ''Viho(i)la'' and the personal name ''Viho(i)nen''. The historian

Enn Tarvel Enn Tarvel (until 1939 Enn Treiberg; July 31, 1932 – September 22, 2021) was an Estonian historian. Early life and education Enn Tarvel was born in the village of Metsiku, where he also grew up, the son of Valdek Tarvel (né Treiberg; 1882� ...

derived the name from the ancient personal name ''Viho'' or ''Vihoi''.

Vihula Manor

The earliest references to an estate go back to 1501. During much of its history, it has belonged to

Baltic German Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...

aristocratic Aristocracy (; ) is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. Across Europe, the aristocracy exercised immense economic, political, and social influence. In Western Christian co ...

families. During the

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, (abbreviated Estonian SSR, Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia ) was an administrative subunit ( union republic) of the former Soviet Union (USSR), covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia ...

, the manor housed a

collective farm Collective farming and communal farming are various types of "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member-o ...

. The present main building, designed by Friedrich Modi, dates from after 1892, when the earlier house was destroyed in a fire. It is an irregular building with

neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...

details. Several of the older outbuildings, such as a palm house and a "coffee house", also survive and together contribute to the present ensemble.

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External links

Vihula Manor official homepageVihula manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Lääne-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{LääneViru-geo-stub

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Vihula Manor

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