Tõstamaa | |
Settlement Type: | Small borough |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pärnu County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Pärnu |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1553 |
Population Total: | 466 |
Population As Of: | 1.01.2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Tõstamaa is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. Tõstamaa has a population of 466 (as of 1 January 2020).[1]
Tõstamaa St. Mary's Lutheran church was built in 1763–1768.
Tõstamaa Manor (German: Testama) was first mentioned in 1553 as Testama, when it belonged to the Bishop of Ösel–Wiek. Later the owners have been the Kursells, Helmersens and Staël von Holsteins. The Early-Classical two-storey main building was built in 1804.[2] During a renovation in 1997, several original painted ceilings were uncovered.[3] The manor was dispossessed in 1919 and since 1921 a local school (Tõstamaa Keskkool) is operating in the main building.[2] The most famous inhabitant of the manor is probably orientalist Alexander von Staël-Holstein, who grew up and spent his childhood at the manor.[3]