Mõisaküla
Mõisaküla is a small town in Estonia Viljandi County. It is located in southwestern Estonia, directly on the border with Latvia and has a population of 844 people in the smallest village in Estonia, the city enjoys law.
History
The story Mõisakülas began in 1895 with the construction of narrow-gauge railway Pärnu - Walk. The Lord of Abia, Baron Karl von Stackelberg, gave a piece of swampy land to build a locomotive depot there. As a result, the place is closely associated with the railroad. In 1896, the route Pärnu - Valga was opened in 1897 by that of Mõisaküla Fellin (now Viljandi ) and on to Reval (now Tallinn). 1899 leased the squire some land as building land, and Mõisaküla received his first street. In 1900, a repair shop for locomotives was inaugurated in 1909 a linen mill. The place at that time already had more than 100 houses and about 1000 inhabitants. 1938, the place, the city law. Until the outbreak of World War II the city grew steadily to almost 3000 inhabitants. But Mõisaküla 1944 destroyed 75%.
As the rail network was adapted to the Soviet broad-gauge in the 1970s, it was decided to shut down the route of Viljandi after Mõisaküla. Later the connection to Pärnu has been set. The task of the rail link and the decline of the city began. Due to the remoteness and the lack of public transport Mõisaküla is one of the most deprived cities in the country.