Haimre

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Haimre ( German Heimar ) is a village (Estonian küla ) in the Estonian rural municipality in the district Märjamaa Rapla. It has 95 inhabitants ( 31 December 2005). Haimre is located about one kilometer from the main road between Tallinn and Pärnu.

History

In Haimre was from 1717 to 1795 an important paper mill.

The Baltic German estate of Haimre was the first time in 1420 under the name Heymer mentioned as the property of the Bishop of Osel - Wiek documented. From the 15th until the 17th century the estate was owned by the driving Bach family. Already in 1425 will Heimar called besitzlich William I of driving Bach. After lengthy processes with the Church, he won the Good hereditary for his family. Last owner was Dietrich IV of driving Bach, who died before May 1, 1637. About the eldest daughter much Heimar first by marriage to the Wrangel. Already in 1694, however, went to the Country Estate Heimar Family Hastfer, 1720 to the family of Buhl, 1750 followed by the first time the family Uexküll, 1768 then the property passed to the family of Hoyningen -Huene, 1799 fell Heimar again to the Uexküll family in 1898 followed the Buxhoeveden 1900-1919 and finally as a last deutschbaltischer owner 's family Straelborn.

The buildings of the estate were attacked and burned during the Russian Revolution in 1905 by Estonian insurgents. Today they are only preserved as ruins.

The large park of the estate Haimre was the mid-19th century by the landscape gardener Heinrich August Dietrich ( 1820-1897 ) designed one of the most outstanding biologists of the Baltic States. The park is now a nature reserve.

The most famous son of the village was the coachman Estonian Rein Kaltsenau. He received in 1910 one of the first official car driving licenses in Estonia. For forty years he worked as a chauffeur.