{"id":24200,"date":"2021-05-07T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitraplamaa.ee\/about-raplamaa\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:00:16","slug":"about-raplamaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitraplamaa.ee\/en\/about-raplamaa\/","title":{"rendered":"About Raplamaa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tallinn - 100 years<\/div><\/div>
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Keava city hill<\/div>

The city hill of Keava is mentioned in the chronicle 100 years earlier than the city of Tallinn<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rapla-Persia<\/div>

A thousand years ago, the trade route from Novgorod to Persia went through the Raplamaa area. To secure the trade route, Varbola Country Town, the most powerful ancient castle in the Baltics, was built in Varbola in the 12th century. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Eight ploughlands<\/div>

The town of Rapla was first mentioned in 1241 as a village of eight arable land in Rapa <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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George's night<\/div>

1343. The George's night uprising started in the Raplamaa area, which was the resistance of Estonian nobles and Danes to the German order<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Manors and landlords<\/div>

There were many gorgeous manors and famous landlords in Raplamaa: the Uexk\u00fclls, the Fersens, the Keyserlings, the Wrangels<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pompeii bas-relief in Old Vigala<\/div>

The oldest works of art in Estonia, the bas-reliefs from Pompeii, are located in Vana-Vigala Manor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The only two-tower<\/div>

Rapla is the only country church with two towers in Estonia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

1858<\/div><\/div>
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Mahtra war<\/div>

1858. year the Mahtra war was fought, where the servants of the Mahtra manor took action against the landlord due to a tenancy prohibited by law<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

1866 and 1889<\/div><\/div>
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Pharmacy and hospital<\/div>

The Rapla pharmacy has been operating since 1866 and the hospital since 1889. since <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Railway<\/div>

The railway connection with Tallinn and Viljandi was already established in 1900 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dancing people<\/div>

The municipality of M\u00e4rjamaa has an exceptionally high concentration of folk dancers - every third person dances<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Loud people<\/div>

On the Paka mountain in Raplamaa, the Estonian elders held their meetings, or the Raikk\u00fcla riots<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Locust trees<\/div>

In Raplamaa, the world's rarest locust trees grow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The roughest<\/div>

In M\u00e4rjamaa municipality, Sipas, Estonia's thickest sacrificial maple tree grows. The thickest juniper in Estonia grows in Metsk\u00fcla and in Kivi-Vigalas widest island.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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King of Stones<\/div>

The circumference of the Stone King of Estonia in Pahkla is 29.5 m, height 4.4 m. The stone has a flat surface of 50 m\u00b2, on which, according to folklore, the Pahkla manor Germans used to party<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The turn of the XIX and XX centuries<\/div><\/div>
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Rapla bridge<\/div>

The Rapla bridge was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Before that, those heading towards Tallinn drove either over the wooden bridge located in the same place or directly through the river<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Karting track<\/div>

There is a 1035 m long go-kart track in Rapla, which is a suitable competition venue for go-karts, cars and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Densely populated areas<\/div>

Rapla county has one city, Rapla, and three small towns: Kohila, M\u00e4rjamaa and J\u00e4rvakandi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Glass capital<\/div>

Raplamaa is home to the glass capital of Estonia - J\u00e4rvakandi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mystical and universal<\/div>

The bogs around Kaiu are said to be the most UFO-rich areas in Estonia, where strange sights are constantly seen. There is a lot of mysticism in Raplamaa<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cheerful<\/div>

Raplamaa is the home of the happiest people in Estonia, according to a study conducted at the University of Life Sciences in 1998 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n

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