Anjala

Anjala [ ɑnjɑlɑ ] is a former municipality in southeastern Finland and now administratively part of Kouvola. The Settlement Centre ( taajama ) Anjala has about 2000 inhabitants and is situated in the south of the urban area of ​​Kouvola on the west bank of the River Kymi River across from Inkeroinen.

The area of Anjala originally belonged to the parish Elimäki. 1692 Anjala given its own house of prayer. In the Treaty of Åbo, which ended the Russo- Swedish war of 1741-1743, Russia's western border was advanced to the Kymi River; Anjala remained, however, in Sweden. 1788 included a group of Swedish officers in the Anjala Manor Anjalabund, a conspiracy against King Gustav III .. 1789 Anjala was elevated to a chapel community of Elimäki. An independent parish, the village was in 1863. Anjala The municipality had recently an area of ​​154 square kilometers and 5,854 inhabitants ( 1973). Besides the eponymous settlement center ( taajama ) to the former municipality includes the villages Ahvio, Junkkari, Kaukasuo, Korpi, Muhniemi, Takamaa and Ummeljoki. In 1975, Anjala united with the lying on the opposite bank of the Kymi municipality Sippola to market towns Anjalankoski. This became a town two years later. 2009 Anjalankoski was incorporated into the city of Kouvola.

Other attractions include the Church of Anjala Anjala from a wooden cross built in 1755-1756 church Ankkapurha rapids in Kymi, and Anjala Manor. The latter was from 1608 to 1837 belonged to the noble family Wrede, who is a resident in the area to this day. The main building of the estate was built around 1800 and now houses a museum.

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The Ankkapurha rapids