Pürksi Explained

Official Name:Pürksi
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Lääne County
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2: Lääne-Nigula Parish
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Pürksi (Swedish: Birkas) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1]

Pürksi manor

Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority, is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish.[2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  2. Web site: Nuckö kommun. sv. 23 December 2012.
  3. Book: Sakk, Ivar . Estonian Manors - A Travelogue . Sakk & Sakk OÜ . 2004 . Tallinn . 321 . 9949-10-117-4 .