Taagepera is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, in southern Estonia. It has a population of 109 (as of 1 January 2011).[1]

Taagepera
Village
Taagepera Castle
Taagepera Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°59′37″N 25°40′04″E
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Municipality	Tõrva Parish
Population  (01.01.2011[1])
• Total	109

The village was first documented in 1420 as Wafencul, later as Waagenkül. The current Estonian name of the place is derived from the Baltic German Stackelberg nobility, who owned the estate from 1674 to 1796.

Taagepera is famous for its Jugendstil castle.

• 
  Lake Taagepera
• 
  Taagepera Church
• 
  Manor stewards house

Notable people

• Jaak Aab (born 1960), politician

References

External links

• Taagepera Castle
• Taagepera Manor at Estonian Manors Portal
• Taagepera village society (in Estonian)

This Valga County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e