Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

The surrounding village by the same name is first mentioned in 1241 in The Danish Census Book. It belonged to a local elder called Saxo. One of the very few Estonian noble families survived the aggressive Christianisation, Maydells, derived their nam...

In the beginning there were only the barrel houses that the busy post horses had a chance to have a rest by. In 1860 an independent post stations was built to Maidla. It was closed down in 1931 when the post service stopped using horses, the station has...

Mäksa manor by the river Emajõgi was first mentioned in 1555. Among its many owners has also been Nikolai von Essen, a man who is important because he founded the first farm dairy house in Estonia. Von Essens' 19th century family cemetery sets west from...