Legend
The wandering village of Aa
Aa küla rändamine
A tale from 1924 says Aa, on the coast west of Kohtla-Järve, was moved four times at the whim of the manor lords. First it stood on the seashore north-east of the manor, then beside Voorepere village on Aa hill, then half a verst east of the manor under the name Nehatu, near an old sacred grove, where only the mill remained. In the 1860s the Nehatu farms were torn down and burned in the Aa manor lime kiln; around 1890 the cottages of farmhands met the same fate, and the people were moved to Varja. There, said the narrator, ill-starred Aa found peace.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1924. aastal kirja pandud lugu räägib, et Kohtla-Järvest läänes rannikul asuvat Aa küla tõsteti mõisnike tahtel neli korda ümber. Algul asus küla mõisast kirdes mererannas, siis Voorepere küla kõrval Aa mäel, seejärel pool versta mõisast ida pool Nehatu nime all vana hiie lähedal, kuhu jäi alles vaid veski. 1860. aastatel lammutati Nehatu talud ja põletati Aa mõisa lubjaahjus, umbes 1890 tabas sama saatus moonameeste ja vabadike elamuid ning rahvas viidi Varjale. Seal, ütles jutustaja, leidsid halekuulsa Aa küla riismed rahu.
Source: After Eesti kohanimeraamat (EKI), tale recorded 1924 ↗