Pürksi
(Redirected from Birkas)
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Pürksi | |
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Village | |
 Pürksi manor | |
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| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Lääne County |
| Parish |  Lääne-Nigula Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pürksi (Swedish: Birkas) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1]
Pürksi manor
[edit]Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority, is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ "Nuckö kommun" (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 321. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
| Harju County | |
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| Hiiu County | |
| Ida-Viru County | |
| Järva County | |
| Jõgeva County | |
| Lääne County | |
| Lääne-Viru County | |
| Pärnu County | |
| Põlva County | |
| Rapla County | |
| Saare County | |
| Tartu County | |
| Valga County | |
| Viljandi County | |
| Võru County | |
59°01′N 23°32′E / 59.017°N 23.533°E
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