Wiek County (German: Kreis Wiek or Kreis Hapsal, Estonian: Lääne kreis, Russian: Гапсальскій/Викскій уѣздъ, romanized: Gapsalskiy/Vikskiy uyezd) was one of the four counties of the Russian Empire located in the Governorate of Estonia.[1] It was situated in the western part of the governorate (in the northwestern part of present-day Estonia). Its capital was Haapsalu (Hapsal). The territory of Wiek County corresponds to present-day Lääne and Hiiu counties, the westernmost part of Rapla County, and a small part of Pärnu County.[2]
^"Эстляндская губерния" (in Russian). Руниверс. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^"Ajaloolise Läänemaa (Wiek) lühitutvustus" (in Estonian). Estonian Manors. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
WiekCounty (German: Kreis Wiek or Kreis Hapsal, Estonian: Lääne kreis, Russian: Гапсальскій/Викскій уѣздъ, romanized: Gapsalskiy/Vikskiy uyezd) was one...
Wiek may refer to: the old German name for Lääne County, Estonia a common German dialect name for bays on the coast of Pomerania Wiek, Rügen, a municipality...
a hotbed of Estonian resistance. The Order founded the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek there. When the Order was defeated by the Lithuanian army in the Battle of...
the Governorate of Estonia. The majority of the Swedes lived in the WiekCounty where they formed a minority of 5.6%. The 1922 census gives Estonia a...
Toll Born 19 April [O.S. 8] 1777 Keskvere Manor (Keskfer), Keskvere, WiekCounty, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire Died 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1842...
Kustas Tonkmann (1 July 1882 Vaikna Parish (now Lääne-Nigula Parish), WiekCounty – 13 August 1942 Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian politician...
Russification process was also performed for religious purposes. In 1883, in Wiekcounty, the conversation movement among 3,400 Estonian peasants began, which...
Suurorg Born Arnold Friedrich Grossthal (1903-07-18)18 July 1903 Piirsalu, WiekCounty, Governorate of Estonia Died 3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 56) Tallinn...
Estonian general. Jaan Kruus was born in Sooniste Parish, WiekCounty (now Märjamaa Parish, Rapla County). He fought in the Estonian War of Independence and...
The County of Edessa (Latin: Comitatus Edessanus) was a 12th-century Crusader state in Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...
the Bishopric of Courland; the Bishopric of Dorpat; the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek; and territories under the military administration of the Livonian Brothers...
Johann von Uexküll September 8, 1864 Keblas Manor, Sankt Michaelis, WiekCounty, Russian Empire July 25, 1944 Capri, Kingdom of Italy 1923, 1926, 1929...
August Putk (11 February 1899 Lihula Parish (now Lääneranna Parish), WiekCounty – ?) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu, representing...
Walk County Livonia Governorate Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Walk Wenden County Livonia Governorate Cēsis Werro County Livonia Governorate Wiek County...
Hiiumaa was divided between the Livonian Order and the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. In 1563 Hiiumaa was annexed into Sweden. In 1710, as a result of the Great...
Vesterblom; 15 September 1888 Noarootsi Parish (now Lääne-Nigula Parish), WiekCounty – 5 February 1942 Ussolye prison camp, Perm Oblast) was an Estonian politician...
Estonian counties and parishes ended after conquered and divided between Denmark, Livonian Order, Bishopric of Dorpat and Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. The name...
pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1948). He was born in Veski, WiekCounty, and died, aged 79, in Tallinn. Since 1974 the Ants Lauter Award [Wikidata]...
The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was one of the Crusader states. It was founded in the Levant in the modern-day region of Tripoli, northern Lebanon and...
inhabitants remained strong. The crusaders founded the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek there. When the Order was defeated by the Lithuanian army in the Battle of...
John I of Sweden tried to establish a Swedish presence in the province of Wiek, but his troops were defeated by the Oeselians in the Battle of Lihula in...
Parish Võru Parish Livonian Brothers of the Sword Denmark Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek State of the Teutonic Order Livonian Confederation Kalmar Union Kalmar Union...
1261–1262 Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek 1262–1343 Saare County 1343–1345 Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek 1345–1560 Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek (Danish-controlled) 1560–1572...
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