Järlepa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Rapla County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Rapla Parish |
Area Total Km2: | 10.02 |
Population Total: | 206 |
Population As Of: | 1 February 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Järlepa is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia.[1] It has an area of and a population of 206 (as of 1 February 2010).[2]
Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Juuru Parish. In 2010 Sadala village was detached from the lands of Järlepa and Lõiuse villages.[3]
Järlepa (German: Jerlep) was founded after 1688. The present building was erected in 1804 in a classicist style. It was devastated during the uprising in 1905 but later restored. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the manor house was used as the office of a collective farm. The most famous resident of the manor was dramatist August von Kotzebue, who acquired the estate in 1804. During his time, a small theatre was put up at the estate, and Kotzebue's plays were often performed.[4] [5]