58.260452, 21.983749
GPS: 58° 15' 38" N, 21° 59' 1" E
The history of this manor goes back to the year 1558 when some land was enfeoffed to a Hinrich Billinghusen, a prominent person from Lübeck. His descendent Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was born in the neighbouring Lahetaguse manor. Bellingshausen was a leader of the circumnavigation expedition during which the continent of Antarctica was discovered.
In 1925, as many as 9 windmills were standing on the top of Windmill Mountain. Five of them, having survived until today, also give a powerful impression. Four out of the five Angla windmills are typical trestle windmills, characteristic of Island Saare...
Although a steady ship connection between Saaremaa and the main land was set already in the 17th century and the ice bridge helped out in winter the connection still depended on the weather. Having been built from the both ends the dam was finished in 1...
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