Tõstamaa Keskkool
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Tõstamaa Secondary School is a secondary school
in Tõstamaa
, Estonia
. It's located in a manor
house since the 1921-1922 academic year. The children of Tõstamaa have been schooled for more than three centuries.
Today, the school has a faculty of about twenty-five, who teach about 260 students in the primary and secondary classrooms.
1242 First surviving written notes about the present area of Tõstamaa, then situated in Saare Lääne (Insular–West) diocese
1534 First recorded mention of Tõhela, Ermistu, Pootsi
, Liu, and Värati
1553 First recorded mention (for socage service) of Tõstamaa (Testamaa) bishop's manor, then belonging to Koonga administrative district
1624 Helmersen family acquires Tõstamaa manor
1665 Pärnu town buys Kastna Manor from Meelius family
1680 Tõstamaa Parish founded
1684 Pootsi, Seli, and Tõstamaa manors nationalized
1720 The Helmersens recover the nationalized manor
1763–1768 Present Tõstamaa church built
1790 Tõstamaa Manor pawned to Polish chamberlain Lilienfeldt for a term of 70 years
1804 Construction of Tõstamaa manor house begun
1819 Communes of Tõstamaa, Seliste, Pootsi, and Kastna founded by the manors
1831 At public sale, Tõstamaa Manor sold to Von Holstein, who earns the epithet, "the foolish baron" (his son August will be called "the mad baron"; his grandson Alexander, "the wise baron")
1845–1848 71% of the people living in Seli and Tõstamaa become orthodox; over the course of half a century, four orthodox congregations—Seli, Pootsi–Kõpu, Tõhela–Murru, and Kastna—are founded
1858 Maydell becomes official owner of Pootsi manor
1876–1877 Tõstamaa manor rebuilt
1921–1922 Tõstamaa school moved into the manor house; Pootsi school, into the bailiff's office
1921 Parcelling out of land in Tõstamaa and Pootsi parishes begun
1926-1945 A school of home economics operated in Tõstamaa
1927 A new townhouse built in the center of the commune in Ermistu
1939 As German Balts settle elsewhere, the Maydell family leaves Pootsi
1940-1944 World War II and subsequent arrests reach Tõstamaa
1944 In September, people begin to flee to Sweden: about a hundred people leave Seliste as well as Tõstamaa commune
1949 On March 25, sixty-seven people are expelled from Tõstamaa commune and twenty-two from Seliste
1953 In September, Tõstamaa School becomes a secondary school; the first students will be graduated in 1957
1962 Pootsi school moves into the manor house
1970-1982 An eight-year secondary school established in Tõstamaa
1972 On Midsummer's Eve, the front side of Tõstamaa church collapses, the steeple falls and the organ is destroyed
1982 The secondary school in Tõstamaa reinstated
1987 A memorial erected to Von Holstein, the last baron in Tõstamaa, and a famous scholar of Eastern languages
1990 The tercentenary of public education in Tõstamaa celebrated, two years late
1991 Preliminary renovation of Tõstamaa church completed; the present stage for singing is built, and the folklore festival celebrated in Tõstamaa
1992 On June 17, the separate community of Tõstamaa reinstated
1993 Tõstamaa Parish Day first celebrated
1996 Construction and restoration of the Tõstamaa Manor School begun; unique ceiling and wall paintings uncovered
1997 Tõstamaa Commune Days first celebrated
1998 Pootsi school moved back to the baillif's house
2001 Pootsi school relocated to Tõstamaa school
2002 An up-to-date boarding house at the Tõstamaa School completed; Tõstamaa Church receives a new steeple
2004 Schoolwork in the Poosti schoolhouse ceases; in August, Community Days celebrated in the heart of the manor
http://www.tostamaa.edu.ee/default.asp?id=131
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Tõstamaa
Tõstamaa
Tõstamaa is a small borough in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Tõstamaa Parish. Tõstamaa has a population of 572 ....
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It's located in a manor
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
house since the 1921-1922 academic year. The children of Tõstamaa have been schooled for more than three centuries.
Today, the school has a faculty of about twenty-five, who teach about 260 students in the primary and secondary classrooms.
Timeline
Events in the history of the manor shoolhouse1242 First surviving written notes about the present area of Tõstamaa, then situated in Saare Lääne (Insular–West) diocese
1534 First recorded mention of Tõhela, Ermistu, Pootsi
Pootsi
Pootsi is a village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. It has a population of 79 .-Notable people:*Platon , Orthodox bishop and saint...
, Liu, and Värati
1553 First recorded mention (for socage service) of Tõstamaa (Testamaa) bishop's manor, then belonging to Koonga administrative district
1624 Helmersen family acquires Tõstamaa manor
1665 Pärnu town buys Kastna Manor from Meelius family
1680 Tõstamaa Parish founded
1684 Pootsi, Seli, and Tõstamaa manors nationalized
1720 The Helmersens recover the nationalized manor
1763–1768 Present Tõstamaa church built
1790 Tõstamaa Manor pawned to Polish chamberlain Lilienfeldt for a term of 70 years
1804 Construction of Tõstamaa manor house begun
1819 Communes of Tõstamaa, Seliste, Pootsi, and Kastna founded by the manors
1831 At public sale, Tõstamaa Manor sold to Von Holstein, who earns the epithet, "the foolish baron" (his son August will be called "the mad baron"; his grandson Alexander, "the wise baron")
1845–1848 71% of the people living in Seli and Tõstamaa become orthodox; over the course of half a century, four orthodox congregations—Seli, Pootsi–Kõpu, Tõhela–Murru, and Kastna—are founded
1858 Maydell becomes official owner of Pootsi manor
1876–1877 Tõstamaa manor rebuilt
1921–1922 Tõstamaa school moved into the manor house; Pootsi school, into the bailiff's office
1921 Parcelling out of land in Tõstamaa and Pootsi parishes begun
1926-1945 A school of home economics operated in Tõstamaa
1927 A new townhouse built in the center of the commune in Ermistu
1939 As German Balts settle elsewhere, the Maydell family leaves Pootsi
1940-1944 World War II and subsequent arrests reach Tõstamaa
1944 In September, people begin to flee to Sweden: about a hundred people leave Seliste as well as Tõstamaa commune
1949 On March 25, sixty-seven people are expelled from Tõstamaa commune and twenty-two from Seliste
1953 In September, Tõstamaa School becomes a secondary school; the first students will be graduated in 1957
1962 Pootsi school moves into the manor house
1970-1982 An eight-year secondary school established in Tõstamaa
1972 On Midsummer's Eve, the front side of Tõstamaa church collapses, the steeple falls and the organ is destroyed
1982 The secondary school in Tõstamaa reinstated
1987 A memorial erected to Von Holstein, the last baron in Tõstamaa, and a famous scholar of Eastern languages
1990 The tercentenary of public education in Tõstamaa celebrated, two years late
1991 Preliminary renovation of Tõstamaa church completed; the present stage for singing is built, and the folklore festival celebrated in Tõstamaa
1992 On June 17, the separate community of Tõstamaa reinstated
1993 Tõstamaa Parish Day first celebrated
1996 Construction and restoration of the Tõstamaa Manor School begun; unique ceiling and wall paintings uncovered
1997 Tõstamaa Commune Days first celebrated
1998 Pootsi school moved back to the baillif's house
2001 Pootsi school relocated to Tõstamaa school
2002 An up-to-date boarding house at the Tõstamaa School completed; Tõstamaa Church receives a new steeple
2004 Schoolwork in the Poosti schoolhouse ceases; in August, Community Days celebrated in the heart of the manor
http://www.tostamaa.edu.ee/default.asp?id=131