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Kohtla Manor

German: Kochtel

For most of its history Kohtla was a quiet secondary manor whose owners visited perhaps once or twice a year; it belonged to the Stackelbergs until the land reform. In 1921 its land was cut into plots and a settlement began to grow at the old manor centre. In 1931 the British firm New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd built an oil works near Kohtla railway station that processed oil shale, and in 1937 the Kohtla mine was opened nearby so that the shale would not have to be carried far. The settlement grew fast, became the town of Kohtla in 1945 and later took the name Kohtla-Nõmme.

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

Eesti keeles

Suurema osa oma ajaloost oli Kohtla vaikne kõrvalmõis, mida omanik külastas heal juhul kord või paar aastas; Stackelbergidele kuulus see kuni maareformini. Kuulsaks sai paik hiljem. 1921. aastal jagati mõisa maad kruntideks ja endise mõisa keskusse hakkas kujunema asula. 1931. aastal rajas Briti firma New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd Kohtla raudteejaama juurde põlevkivi töötleva õlivabriku ning 1937. aastal avati lähedal Kohtla kaevandus, et põlevkivi ei peaks kaugelt vedama. Asula kasvas kiiresti, sai 1945. aastal Kohtla aleviks ja hiljem Kohtla-Nõmme nime.

Map of the area around Kohtla Manor
59.35500° N, 27.19583° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohtla_mõis ↗

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