Sangaste
{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}
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| settlement_type = Small borough
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Estonia
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = 24px Valga County
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = 24px Otepää Parish
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Sangaste ({{langx|vro|Sangastõ}}) is a small borough ({{langx|et|alevik}}) in Otepää Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. Sangaste has a population of 228 (as of 1 January 2010).{{cite web|url=http://www.sangaste.ee/index.php?page=51|title=Rahvastik|publisher=Sangaste vald|language=et|access-date=8 March 2010}}
Sangaste castle
{{Main|Sangaste Castle}}
Sangaste castle or manor ({{langx|de|Schloss Sagnitz}}) traces its history to at least 1522, when it was part of the estates of the bishop of Tartu. The current building was built in 1879-1883 and designed by architect Otto Pius Hippius. It is built in a neo-Gothic style with influences from Tudor architecture, and considered one of the most impressive examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the Baltic States. Several original interior details have been preserved to this day. The manor house was unusually modern for its time, equipped with central heating, telephones in 1896, and electric light in 1907.{{cite book | last = Sakk | first = Ivar | title = Estonian Manors - A Travelogue | publisher = Sakk & Sakk OÜ | year = 2004 | location = Tallinn | pages = 254–256| isbn = 9949-10-117-4 }}{{cite book | last = Hein| first = Ants| title = Eesti Mõisad - Herrenhäuser in Estland - Estonian Manor Houses | publisher = Tänapäev | year = 2009| location = Tallinn | page = 231| isbn = 978-9985-62-765-5 }}
According to legend, it owes its existence to an insult the local count Friedrich Georg Magnus von Berg received in his youth. When attempting to wed a young English lady, her father objected to giving his daughter away to "some Russian savage".{{cite web|url=http://www.sangasteloss.ee/?lang=2|title=Sangaste Castle|access-date=26 May 2010}} Nowadays the castle is administratively located in the nearby village of Lossiküla.
Gallery
Sangaste mõisa peahoone2.jpg|Sangaste castle
Sangaste mõisa peahoone3.jpg |Sangaste castle
Sangaste mõisa tall-tõllakuur.jpg|Sangaste manor stable-coach house
Sangaste kirik.jpg|Sangaste church
Sangaste surnuaia kabel 2.jpg|One of the cemetery chapels in Sangaste cemetery
Notable people
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), Baltic German Field Marshal, the Governor-General of Finland and notable for his role in the Russification of Poland; was born in Sangaste Castle
- August Gailit (1891–1960), writer; was born in Kuiksilla, near the Sangaste Castle
- Aarne Viisimaa (1898–1989), operatic tenor and opera director
- Jaan Zimmermann (1880–1942), entrepreneur
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Sangaste}}
- [http://www.sangaste.ee Sangaste Parish] {{in lang|et}}
- [http://www.sangasteloss.ee/?lang=2 Sangaste Castle]
{{adjacent stations|system=Elron|line=Tallinn–Tartu–Valga|left=Keeni|right=Valga}}
{{Otepää Parish}}
{{Boroughs of Estonia}}
{{Manor houses in Estonia}}
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Category:Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia