Kammeri | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartu County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kambja Parish |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 16th century |
Population Total: | 92 |
Population As Of: | 01.01.2000 |
Kammeri is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in southern Estonia, located about 23 km south of the city of Tartu.[1] In 2000 Kammeri had a population of 92.[2]
Kammeri Manor (German: Gut Dückershof) was first mentioned in the middle of the 16th century, when it belonged to the Dückers. Other owners include the Fersens, Rennenkampffs, Helmersens and Stadens. After the dispossession in 1919 the manor building was used as a school. The building was demolished in 2009 to build a modern schoolhouse.[3]
Kammeri village school was established in 1765.[2]
Baltic German geologist Gregor von Helmersen (1803–1885) was born in Kammeri Manor. Also the German diplomat Berndt von Staden (de) (born 1919) spent his childhood in the manor.[3]