Riisipere

Riisipere
Riisipere
	A train in Riisipere railway station
	Riisipere
	Coordinates: 59°07′14″N 24°18′33″E / 59.12056°N 24.30917°E
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Parish	Saue Parish
Population (2004)
• Total	1,051
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

Riisipere (German: Riesenberg) is a small borough (alevik) in the Saue Parish, Harju County, Estonia.^[1] Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in March 2017, Riisipere was the administrative center of Nissi Parish. Located on the Ääsmäe-Haapsalu road, its distance from Tallinn is 45 km, from Haapsalu 50 km, Märjamaa 30 km, Rapla 40 km.

The town

Riisipere railway station is on the Tallinn-Keila-Turba line which was electrified to Riisipere in 1981. Hourly services are provided by Elron. Originally the line continued to Haapsalu. The Riisipere–Haapsalu section was abandoned in 2004,^[2] but was rebuilt as far as Turba in 2019, as a first step towards eventually re-opening the line to Haapsalu (and possibly the port at Rohuküla ).^[3]

Part of the Riisipere is called Nissi. Near Nissi is the Nissi Church. In Nissi, there is a community house, a monument for the Estonian War of Independence and a cemetery. The first mentioning of Nissi (as a village) was in Danish Census Book.^[4]

Apart from the manor, Nissi Church is the main place of interest.^[5] The church was built in 1873 and designed by St. Petersburg architect David Grimm.^[6]

The composer Raimond Valgre was born in Riispere in 1913.^[7]

Riisipere manor

Riisipere manor (German: Neu-Riesenberg) traces its origins as an estate back to 1394. It has been owned by various well-known Baltic German families over the centuries. The present building was built in 1818-1821 during the ownership of Peter von Stackelberg. The grandiose building is one of the finest examples in Estonia of Neoclassical manor house architecture. The front façade is dominated by a six-column portico with a truncated ornamental gable and two three-storeyed side projections. The interior displays an enfilade of representative premises, including a cupola hall, unique in Estonia, and a richly decorated hypostyle "white hall", abundant with details in stucco. The manor is surrounded by a park with an artificial lake.^[8]^[9]

Gallery

Riisipere manor house
Nissi church
Riisipere train station building
Water tower in railway station

References

^ Riisipere www.efqy.com
^ "Eesti Raudteemuuseum" (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
^ "Go Track to build Riisipere - Turba railway" (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-12-30.
^ EE, Eesti entsüklopeedia. [Encyclopedia of Estonia] A-Ü. Tallinn: Valgus. 2003. p. 367. ISBN 9985701410.
^ "904 Nissi kirik, 1873.a. Mälestised", Kultuurmälestiste (in Estonian), retrieved December 23, 2013
^ "Church of Blessed Virgin Mary in Nissi on Visit Estonia". Retrieved 19 December 2012.
^ "Raimond Valgre Elulugu", www.miksike.ee (in Estonian)
^ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
^ Viirand, Tiiu (2004). Estonia. Cultural Tourism. Kunst Publishers. p. 54. ISBN 9949-407-18-4.