Lost village · 1450
Keila küla
German: Kegel
Long before Keila was a town, there was Keila village on the east bank of the Keila river. Trial digs near today's railway embankment turned up potsherds and charred bones suggesting people lived there in the 10th to 15th centuries, and the Danish Census Book of 1241 lists 'Keikæl' as a village of ten ploughlands. In the 15th–16th centuries a small borough with a mayor and guild grew up around the church on the west bank, while the village carried on separately across the river. In the 20th century a state farm settlement rose on the site, and in 1976 it was divided between Keila town and Tutermaa.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ammu enne Keila linna oli olemas Keila küla Keila jõe idakaldal. Proovikaevamised tänase raudteetammi lähedal andsid potikilde ja söestunud luid, mille põhjal oletatakse, et seal elati 10.–15. sajandil, ning 1241. aasta Taani hindamisraamat nimetab Keikæli kümneadramaaliseks külaks. 15.–16. sajandil kujunes jõe läänekaldale kiriku juurde bürgermeistri ja gildiga alev, küla aga jäi jõe teisele kaldale omaette asulaks. 20. sajandil kerkis samasse kohta Keila sovhoosi asula, mis 1976. aastal jagati Keila linna ja Tutermaa vahel.