Linnuse, Lääne County

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Linnuse is a village (Estonian küla ) in the rural community Hanila ( Hanila vald ) in Lääne in Estonia.

Population and location

The village has 26 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). He is thirteen kilometers east of the port Virtsu.

Settlement of the area dates back far. Archaeologists have demonstrated in Linnuse cult objects from the first millennium BC.

Acropolis of Linnuse

Near the village, towards Pajumaa, the castle hill is Paehalle (Estonian today Linnuse maalinn, Vatla maalinn or Karuse maalinn ). He was mentioned in 1226 in Henry Livonian Chronicle ( Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae ).

The area of ​​the oval courtyard was about 1,700 square meters. The castle was surrounded by a two to three meter high ring wall, which was protected by a wide moat. The site was formerly a bog. The castle itself is located on the northwestern foothills of a moraine.

From the 11th to the 13th century the castle was the center of the historic parish. Of the former castle stretches a view of the woods to five kilometers away Baltic Sea.