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Arula Manor

Arula mõis · German: Arrol

Arula, near Otepää, was probably founded between 1475 and 1486, and its name has wandered over the centuries: Wats, Arrol, Rail and, by 1900, Arola. The likely root is the South Estonian word aro, meaning sandy ground, which fits the soil at the heart of the estate. In the 16th and 17th centuries the manor actually stood elsewhere, at the place now called Vanamõisa, and was then named after the village of Vaiste, a name perhaps linked to the words for toil or poverty. That village once stretched all the way to Lake Pülme.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Otepää lähedal asuv Arula mõis rajati arvatavasti aastatel 1475–1486 ja selle nimi on sajandite jooksul rännanud: Wats, Arrol, Rail ning 1900. aastaks Arola. Tõenäoliselt tuleb nimi lõunaeesti sõnast aro, mis tähendab liivast maad, ja just selline on mõisa tuumiku pinnas. 16. ja 17. sajandil asus mõis hoopis praeguse Vanamõisa kohal ning kandis Vaiste küla nime, mis võib olla seotud sõnadega vaev või vaene. See küla ulatus kunagi Pülme järveni.

Map of the area around Arula Manor
58.03888° N, 26.36572° E · Otepää parish · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://mois.ee/mois/arula ↗

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