Official Name: | Valgemetsa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Põlva County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Põlva Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Valgemetsa is a village in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.[1]
It is located by the Ahja River near the Tartu-Petseri Railway.
The village was founded after the completion of the railway between 1927 and 1931.
In the 1930s Valgemetsa became a popular holiday location for artists and writers, notably Elmar Kits. Since then, other artists have spent time at the village, painting the landscape. These include, Saskia Kasemaa, Harri Pudersell and Ida Anton-Agu.