Famous life · 26.12.1803
Jõepere, where Kreutzwald was born a serf
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the man who would compile the national epic Kalevipoeg, was born at Jõepere manor in Virumaa on 26 December 1803. Both his parents were serfs of the estate: his father Juhan was a shoemaker and granary keeper, his mother Anne a chambermaid. The family was freed from serfdom only in 1815. The boy went on to school in Rakvere, studied medicine in Tartu and spent most of his working life as a town doctor in Võru, where he assembled Kalevipoeg from folk songs and tales. The manor's land in Jõepere village, in Kadrina parish, is where his story began; the ruins of the manor distillery still stand nearby.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, kes pani hiljem kokku rahvuseepose „Kalevipoeg“, sündis 26. detsembril 1803 Virumaal Jõepere mõisas. Mõlemad vanemad olid mõisa pärisorjad: isa Juhan oli kingsepp ja aidamees, ema Anne toatüdruk. Perekond vabanes pärisorjusest alles 1815. aastal. Poiss õppis edasi Rakvere koolis, seejärel arstiteadust Tartus ning töötas suurema osa elust Võrus linnaarstina, kus ta seadis rahvalauludest ja muistenditest kokku „Kalevipoja“. Tema lugu algas Kadrina kihelkonnas Jõepere küla mõisamaal; lähedal seisavad tänini mõisa viinavabriku varemed.
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