Alu | |
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![]() Alu Manor | |
Coordinates: 59°01′25″N 24°45′51″E / 59.02361°N 24.76417°E | |
Kintra | Estonie |
Coonty | Rapla Coonty |
Municipality | Rapla Pairish |
First mentioned | 1241[1] |
Population | |
• Total | ca 950 |
Alu is a smaw burgh (Estonie: alevik) in Rapla Pairish, Rapla Coonty, Estonie. It's locatit aboot 3 km (2 mi) northwast o the toun o Rapla. Alu haes a population o ca 950.[2]
Alu wis first mentioned in 1241 as Alafæ veelage in the Danish Census Book.
Alu Manor wis first mentioned in 1409 as Alven (later kent as Allo). The present main building, designed bi Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Alisch, is ane o the best ensaumples o Neo-Gothic style in Estonie. The biggin is surroondit bi a 11 ha pairk wi seiven ponds. Efter the dispossession frae 1923 tae 1955 a local grammar schuil operatit in the main biggin. Syne 1999 it hooses a trainin centre for the Estonie Defence League.[1][3]
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