Kõrkküla, Ida-Viru County
Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).
Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.
There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.
References
- ^ "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)