Toolse
Appearance
Toolse | |
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Village | |
![]() Ruins of the Toolse Order Castle. | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Lääne-Viru County |
Parish | Haljala Parish |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Toolse is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.[1]
Toolse Castle
[edit]Toolse castle (German: Tolsburg) was a crusader castle belonging to the Teutonic Order. It was completed in 1471. At one point of time, it was reportedly the northernmost outpost of the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Toolse_linnuse_varemed_2015.jpg/220px-Toolse_linnuse_varemed_2015.jpg)
Today only ruins remain. A conservation and archaeological survey scheme has been carried out at the site since 2006.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ "Tolsburg - Northern Border of German Empire". Museums of Virumaa. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Conservation". Museums of Virumaa. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
59°32′N 26°28′E / 59.533°N 26.467°E