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Pürksi

Pürksi
Village
Pürksi manor
Pürksi manor
Country  Estonia
County Lääne County
Parish Noarootsi Parish
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Pürksi (Swedish: Birkas) is a village in Noarootsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority, is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish.

Coordinates: 59°01′N 23°32′E / 59.017°N 23.533°E / 59.017; 23.533


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