Hageri

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Hageri ( German Haggers ) is a village (Estonian alevik ) in the Estonian rural municipality in the district of Kohila Rapla. It lies thirty kilometers from the Estonian capital Tallinn.

Location and History

The village has 148 inhabitants (as of September 2008). Its area is 1.05 square kilometers.

Since the 13th century Hageri was the center of the parish of the same name with its fifteen manors and six Beigütern. The parish was first mentioned in 1241 as parochia Haccriz documented.

Probably also in the 13th century was created by Danish missionaries, the first church, which was consecrated to Saint-Lambert. It has remained the only Lamberti Church in Estonia.

In 1892, a new religious building was built in a Neo-Romanesque style on the foundations of the old church. The Estonian architect Ervin Bernhard made ​​use of the possibility of Russian Orthodox style elements.