Valga County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 15 all over Estonia →

• The drowned countess of Pühajärv
• The dead lord of Otepää churchyard
• The black lady and her dog in Helme castle cellar
• The spirit pine on the Otepää–Tartu road
• The black cat of Kassipalu
• The knitting crone of Otepää castle hill
• The blue-fire money of Kirgjärv
• The cruel lord of Laatre manor
• Old Läll, the lord who would not stay buried at Riidaja
• The cemetery in the clearing near Väljasoo, Helme
• The grey boy and the crying lake of Lajassaare, Karula
• The bearded boy under the Räigi stone, Karjatnurme
• The dead master of Saarde farm, Kaagjärve
• The näkk driven out of Näkisoo, Palupera
• The spooks under Tammekolga bridge, Hargla

Legend 9 all over Estonia →

• Pühajärv: the lake of a mother's tears
• The serf's stone of Helme
• The sunken manor of Koorküla Valgjärv
• The black bull that led Tõrva's lake away
• Ann, the girl walled into Helme castle
• Lake Rautina and the sunken church
• The Devil's stone heap at Kiivite
• Maarja, the girl walled into Karula church
• Juudapalu, the Devil's fallen town

Mystery or the unexplained 1 all over Estonia →

• The glassy stone of Iigaste

True crime 1 all over Estonia →

• Murderers' Lake and the robbers who drowned

Smugglers, spies & escapes 1 all over Estonia →

• Vilask: missile silos under the Valga woods

Battle or uprising 6 all over Estonia →

• Siege of Otepää
• Battle of Hummuli
• Battle of Paju
• Pühajärve War
• Eight days of thirst on Otepää hill
• Sheremetev falls at Valga

Fire, flood or disaster 6 all over Estonia →

• Puka train disaster
• Stalag 351, the prison camp at Priimetsa
• Zeppelins over Valga station
• The great fire of Otepää
• Valga and Valka sing the border open
• Tear gas over Valga: a mock air raid

Famous life 3 all over Estonia →

• Lotman's summer school at Kääriku
• Barclay de Tolly's resting place at Jõgeveste
• Alfred Neuland, the strong man of Valga

First or record 1 all over Estonia →

• The first blue-black-white flag is blessed

Lost building or monument 1 all over Estonia →

• Valga's red-brick station

Remembered by people who were there 1 all over Estonia →

• Värdi Velner, county elder of Valga, looks back

Castle or fort 1 all over Estonia →

• Otepää Castle

Ancient hillfort 3 all over Estonia →

• Truuta linnamägi
• Kuigatsi linnamägi
• Tõrva linnamägi

Manor 17 all over Estonia →

• Sangaste Castle
• Anne Manor
• Karula Manor
• Paju Manor
• Helme Manor
• Laatre Manor
• Arula Manor
• Holdre Manor
• Kaagjärve Manor
• Leebiku Manor
• Otepää parsonage manor
• Pühajärve Manor
• Restu Manor
• Riidaja Manor
• Soontaga Manor
• Taheva Manor
• Vana-Puka Manor

Folk song 11 all over Estonia →

• Folk song from Sangaste: “Aja kari siia!”
• Folk song from Sangaste: “Kiik heas kohas”
• Folk song from Hargla: “Liiri-lõõri”
• Folk song from Hargla: “Parem pakul kui peiu sängis”
• Folk song from Hargla: “Oma ema ja võõrasema ootavad koju”
• Folk song from Hargla: “Joodiku kojukutse”
• Folk song from Sangaste: “Väravamäng”
• Folk song from Sangaste: “Sõrmemähkimismäng”
• Folk tune from Karula: “Sokusarv: “Söömamineki tükk””
• Folk song from Mõniste: “Mõniste laulik Minna Kokk”
• Folk song from Tõrva: “Laulab ja annab seletusi Marie Unt. 02”

Historic town 2

• Otepää
• Tõrva

Memorial or cemetery 8

• battle of Paju monument
• Otepää Cemetery
• Priimetsa Cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Tõrva
• Monument to the War of Independence in Otepää
• Monument to the War of Independence in Lüllemäe
• Monument to the War of Independence in Valga
• Valga War of Independence memorial

Historic recording 2

• Home-place stories: Valga, 1970
• Folk singer Helene Kukk of Mäeküla, 1967

Archive documentary 5

• The travelling projectionist of Puka, 1980
• The Estonian flag turns fifty at Otepää, 1934
• Laying the stone for the Paju battle memorial, 1938
• The Valga–Valka border crossing, 1932
• Defence League folk festival at Helme castle ruins, 1932

Landscape 3

• Helme caves
• Nähri caves
• Koorküla koopad e. Põrguhaud

Sacred stone, spring or grove 2

• Hargla ohvrimänd
• Helgikivi

Church or chapel 6

• Otepää Church
• Sangaste Church
• Valga Holy Spirit Church
• Taagepera Church
• Valga orthodox church
• Karula Church

Historic building 1

• Tõrva inn

Campsites 2 all over Estonia →

• Oore campsite
• Soontaga campsite

Free forest huts 1 all over Estonia →

• Kivi forest hut

Forest houses to rent 1 all over Estonia →

• Soontaga rental hut

Saunas 4 all over Estonia →

• Toidupada smoke sauna
• Kakulaane smoke sauna
• Kääriku sports centre saunas
• Raft sauna Britannia (Lake Võrtsjärv)

Hiking trails 6 all over Estonia →

• Apteekrimägi forest trail (4 km)
• Estonian-Latvian joint cultural heritage trail (60 km)
• Lake Pühajärv hiking trail (14 km)
• Murrumetsa hiking trail (3.5 km)
• Soontaga hiking trail (2.9 km)
• Taagepera hiking trail (5.4 km)

Nature study trails 4 all over Estonia →

• Koiva cultural heritage walking trail (2 km)
• Lake Pühajärv sensation trail (1.5 km)
• Rebäse landscape trail (7 km)
• Sangaste forest park trail (3 km)

Cycling trails 3 all over Estonia →

• Karula cycling trail (50 km)
• Koiva cycling trail (20 km)
• Mõniste cycling trail (55 km)

Observation towers 2 all over Estonia →

• Harimäe observation tower
• Tellingumäe observation tower

Viewpoints 2

• Väike-Munamägi spring and Kalevipoeg’s Stone
• Eestimaa kõrgeim ebatsuuga

Campfire sites 21 all over Estonia →

• Alumati campfire site
• Cycling trails campfire site
• Harimäe campfire site
• Karula Pikkjärve campfire sites
• Kiigemäe campfire site
• Kogrejärve campfire site
• Kooliranna campfire site
• Koorküla Valgjärve campfire sites
• Kõrgeperve campfire site
• Laagriplatsi campfire site
• Lake Tündre campfire site
• Lasajärve campfire site
• Linnajärve campfire site
• Õdri I campfire site
• Õdri II campfire site
• Pilkuse campfire site
• Plaagi campfire site
• Rebasemõisa campfire site
• Taagepera campfire sites
• Tellingumäe campfire site
• Tündre Suurekivi campfire site

• Pühajärv
• Taagepera castle
• Leigo lakes