Mõisaküla
Encyclopedia
Mõisaküla is a town
and a municipality
in south-western Estonia
, in Viljandi County
.
Mõisaküla is the birth place of Olympic weightlifting medalist Arnold Luhaäär
. Luhaäär's medals are currently on permanent display at the Mõisaküla Museum.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in south-western Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, in Viljandi County
Viljandi County
Viljandi County , is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties. 55,657 people live in Viljandi County – constituting 4.2% of the total population in Estonia ....
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History
Mõisaküla arose on the fens of Abja manor. It became a town in 1 May 1938.Mõisaküla is the birth place of Olympic weightlifting medalist Arnold Luhaäär
Arnold Luhaäär
Arnold Luhaäär was an Estonian weightlifter who won the bronze medal for his native country in the Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany....
. Luhaäär's medals are currently on permanent display at the Mõisaküla Museum.