Padise Parish

Padise Parish Padise vald
Municipality of Estonia
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Padise Parish within Harju County.
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Padise
Government
• Mayor	Leemet Vaikmaa
Area
• Total	366.55 km2 (141.53 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	1,771
• Density	4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Website	www.padise.ee

Padise Parish (Estonian: Padise vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It covers an area of 366.55 km² and has a population of 1,771.

The administrative centre of Padise Parish is Padise village. It is located 47 km south-west from Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

History

The Padise name is first mentioned in the letter of the Danish king, which in 1283 confirmed the acquisition of the landed property for the future Cistercian Padise Abbey. In 1305 Eric VI of Denmark gave permission to the monks from Dünamünde to build a fortified monastery in Padise, the construction of which begun in 1317. In 1343 - at the time of St. George's Night Uprising - the first floor and part of the main floor walls were finished. The monastery was burnt down and 28 monks, lay brothers and German vassals were killed. The rebuilding of the monastery begun only after 1370 and the consecration of the main building took place as late as 1448. The monastery ceased to exist in 1559 during the Livonian War.

Local government

The current mayor (vallavanem) is Leemet Vaikmaa.

Geography

Populated places

There are 24 villages (est: külad, sg. küla) in Padise Parish: Alliklepa, Altküla, Änglema, Audevälja, Harju-Risti, Hatu, Karilepa, Kasepere, Keibu, Kobru, Kõmmaste, Kurkse, Laane, Langa, Määra, Madise, Metslõugu, Padise, Pae, Pedase, Suurküla, Vihterpalu, Vilivalla, Vintse.

External links

• Official website (available only in Estonian)
• Padise Map