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Kuimetsa Castle

German: Kuimetz

Kuimetsa Castle

The Kuimets Fortress, or Kuimets Tower Castle, was a tower fortress in the parish of Root in Harjumaa. In modern times, the fortress ruins are located in Rapla County, in the municipality of Rapla, in the village of Kuimetsa, by the river Vatla, on the road cross of Root-Kos and Wax. The castle was built as a fortified manor house in 1412 to protect the Kuimets estate belonging to the monastery of St. Mikhli of Tallinn.

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

Map of the area around Kuimetsa Castle
59.04391° N, 25.11721° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

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