Mäetaguse

59°13′31″N 27°17′41″E / 59.22528°N 27.29472°E / 59.22528; 27.29472Country EstoniaCountyIda-Viru CountyParishAlutaguse ParishPopulation • Total555Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Mäetaguse (German: Mehntack) is a small borough (alevik) in Ida-Viru County in Alutaguse Parish in northeastern Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Mäetaguse Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 555, of which the Estonians were 271 (48.8%).^[1]

Mäetaguse Manor

Mäetaguse estate (German: Mehntack) was mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1542. Until the Estonian Declaration of Independence, it belonged to different Baltic German families, among others the Wrangel and von Rosen. Between 1923 and 1988 it served as a schoolhouse.^[2] Today it houses a hotel and spa.

Gallery

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  Mäetaguse manor main building
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  Mäetaguse manor granary
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  Mäetaguse manor greenhouse
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  Mäetaguse chapel

References

External links

• Media related to Mäetaguse at Wikimedia Commons
• Mäetaguse hotel and spa (official site)