Ida-Viru County
Lüganuse Parish
Purtse küla

Purtse

Purtse is a village in , in northeastern . Purtse is best known as the location of 16th century .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Purtse Castle and Lüganuse Church.

Castle
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is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in Purtse, northeastern . It was built in the middle of the 16th century, probably by the landowner Johann von Taube, at a time when late Gothic ways of building were slowly being abandoned in favour of Renaissance ideas.

Church
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is situated 4 km south of Purtse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Püssi and Kiviõli.

Town
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is a town in , , , with a population of 917 as of 2018. It is located near the road between and St. Petersburg. is situated 6 km south of Purtse.

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is in . The name of the town translates to "stone oil", in referral to the local oil shale deposits and the industry related to it.

Hamlet
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is a in northern , on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland in the eastern part of the of , 10 km from . is situated 8 km east of Purtse.

Purtse

Latitude
59.4127° or 59° 24′ 46″ north
Longitude
27.02422° or 27° 1′ 27″ east
Population
261
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9GF9C27F+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 566994941
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
589262
Wiki­data ID
Q1020148
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Volapük—“Purtse” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պուռցե”
  • Cebuano: “Purtse (lungsod sa Estonia)”
  • Cebuano: “Purtse”
  • Chinese: “Purtse”
  • Chuvash: “Пуртсе”
  • Dutch: “Purtse”
  • Estonian: “Purtse küla”
  • Estonian: “Purtse”
  • French: “Purtse”
  • German: “Purtse”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Purtse”
  • Persian: “پورتسه”
  • Polish: “Purtse”
  • Russian: “Пуртсе”
  • Russian: “Пурце”
  • Spanish: “Purtse”
  • Swedish: “Purtse (ort i Estland)”
  • Swedish: “Purtse”
  • Tatar: “Пуртсе”
  • Volapük: “Purtse”

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