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Pürksi ( Swedish: Birkas) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. [1]
Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority, is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish. [2] [3]
59°01′N 23°32′E / 59.017°N 23.533°E
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Pürksi | |
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County |
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Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Pürksi ( Swedish: Birkas) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. [1]
Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority, is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish. [2] [3]
59°01′N 23°32′E / 59.017°N 23.533°E