Rapla County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 16 all over Estonia →

• The moaning bone of Varbola stronghold
• The thirsty miller of Põlma windmill
• The manor lady and the thirteen millstones of Vana-Vigala
• The drowned girl of the Maiden's Grave, Vaimõisa
• The monks' church in Raikküla forest
• The Devil's coach at the Vigala chapel
• The black dog in the Vigala tunnel
• The Kukkoja stone of Purku
• The horned ghosts of Rapla church tower
• 'The hour is full': the riverside inn at Märjamaa
• The Maiden's Grave in the Kodila river
• Ruuna-haud, the gelding's grave in the Nõlva river
• The dead baron in the hay barn, Hageri
• The moaning shin bone on the Vigala inn road
• 'The hour is full': the rider at the Kohatu river
• The headless blood-red horse of Kuimetsa

Legend 8 all over Estonia →

• Kalevipoeg, the wolf and the Rapla stone
• The silver bell in the Vigala river
• The sunken city of Pae and the Devil's footprints
• Iida, the lost city under the Kuimetsa karst
• Witches and a half-made kratt at the Järlepa crossroads
• The King of Stones and the gold in its crack
• The treasure pit of Velise
• The cauldron of Nõlva

Mystery or the unexplained 1 all over Estonia →

• The woman in the Rabivere bog

True crime 6 all over Estonia →

• The capture of Rummu Jüri
• Five women executed as witches at Juuru
• A bullet from the forest by Kohatu mill
• Seventeen dead at Hageri church
• Through the gauntlet on Mahtra's Field of Blood
• Fersen's punitive battalion at Valtu

Battle or uprising 3 all over Estonia →

• Novgorod siege of Varbola
• Mahtra War
• Velise clash with a punitive expedition

Fire, flood or disaster 5 all over Estonia →

• A wartime bear in the yard of Soppi farm, Seli
• Night train collision at Rapla station
• Fire sweeps Vigala village
• The Pärnu–Tallinn bus falls off Jädivere bridge
• A goods train breaks in two at Rapla station

Famous life 1 all over Estonia →

• Count Keyserling's Raikküla

Film or book location 1 all over Estonia →

• The Mahtra War read aloud for two days

Lost building or monument 2 all over Estonia →

• Mõraste Manor, never rebuilt
• Kohila's old station house

Remembered by people who were there 3 all over Estonia →

• Old men of Järvakandi remember the revolution of 1905
• Otto Viikmäe remembers working on Alu manor
• Villagers remember Hans Tertsius of the Mahtra war

Castle or fort 3 all over Estonia →

• Schloß Felx
• Angerja Castle
• Kuimetsa Castle

Ancient hillfort 10 all over Estonia →

• Varbola Stronghold
• Pakamägi
• Loone hill fort
• Russalu Hillfort
• Konuvere linnus
• Lipa linnus
• Lohu II linnus
• Seli Kantsimägi
• Vahastu linnamägi
• Raela Hiiemägi

Manor 35 all over Estonia →

• Maidla Manor
• Hõreda Manor
• Ingliste Manor
• Jädivere Manor
• Järvakandi Manor
• Pirgu Manor
• Alu Manor
• Järlepa Manor
• Juuru Manor
• Kuusiku Manor
• Vana-Vigala Manor
• Kehtna Manor
• Raikküla Manor
• Lohu Manor
• Märjamaa Manor
• Parkhofi Manor
• Angerja Manor
• Eidapere Manor
• Juuru parsonage manor
• Kivi-Vigala Manor
• Kuimetsa Manor
• Luiste Manor
• Lümandu Manor
• Lümandu Manor
• Mahtra Manor
• Märjamaa parsonage manor
• Nurtu Manor
• Ohukotsu Manor
• Päärdu Manor
• Salutaguse Manor
• Sooniste Manor
• Teenuse Manor
• Vaimõisa Manor
• Valgu Manor
• Hertu Manor

Ancient site 6

• Külmaallikas
• Adila stone grave
• Mustallikas
• Paluküla hiiemägi
• Hiiemägi
• Kojastu kalmed

Military remains 1

• Bunker at the bottom of hell

Memorial or cemetery 10

• Järvakandi Cemetery
• Raikküla manor cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Vahastu
• Monument to the War of Independence in Rapla
• Velise manor cemetery to Maydell family
• Monument to the War of Independence in Purku
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kohila
• Rapla II maailmasõja matmispaik
• Mahtra sõja mälestussammas
• Märjamaa War of Independence memorial

Archive documentary 3

• The story of Estonian paper, 1992
• Excavating Varbola hill fort, 1939
• Unveiling the War of Independence memorial in Rapla, 1923

Historic recording 5

• Home-place stories: Kehtna, 1970
• With a microphone in Rapla district, 1959
• Memorial stone for dance master Ullo Toomi at his birth farm, 1987
• With a microphone in Märjamaa district, 1960
• Loodna parish after the collective farms, 1999

Sacred stone, spring or grove 4

• Ohekatku Oak
• Iidaurked refuge and sacred site, Rapla
• Mustekivi cup-marked stone, Kohila
• Õrdeallikas sacred spring, Rapla

Landscape 2

• Imsi järv
• Kastna Hiiemägi; (Lelle hiiemägi)

Protected tree 1

• Juuru tammed (2)

Church or chapel 4

• Juuru Church
• Märjamaa Church
• Vigala Church
• Rapla Church

Windmill or watermill 1

• Kohila vesiveski

Erratic boulder 3

• Kalbu suurkivi
• The dancing stone on Palandi field, Ohekatku
• Kalevipoeg's footprints at Keava

Campsites 1 all over Estonia →

• Varbola stronghold campsite

Free forest huts 1 all over Estonia →

• Õmma forest hut

Saunas 3 all over Estonia →

• Metsakuurort Jussi sauna house
• Parvematkad.ee sauna raft on the Vigala River
• Laukataguse holiday village smoke sauna Pärna

Hiking trails 3 all over Estonia →

• Jalase nature trail (2 km)
• Loosalu-Paluküla nature trail (7.7 km)
• Mukri nature trail (2.5 km)

Observation towers 1 all over Estonia →

• Mukri nature trail’s observation tower (ca 670 m from the parking)

Viewpoints 1

• Varbola stronghold

Campfire sites 9 all over Estonia →

• Hirvelaane campfire site
• Hirvepargi campfire site
• Järlepa campfire site
• Kõrvetaguse campfire site
• Loosalu campfire site
• Mukri campfire site
• Rabivere campfire site
• Susla campfire site
• Tillniidu campfire site

• Mukri Bog