Kõrkküla | |
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: | Lääne-Viru County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Viru-Nigula Parish |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1466 |
Population Total: | 40 |
Population As Of: | 10.01.2012 |
Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.[1] It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]
Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.[3]
There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.[3]