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...

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...