Soldattorpet Lillemo- Soldattorp (Sweden)
The soldier farm is a preserved farmhouse from the time when houses were built for soldiers in duty. The soldiers were to live ready to enlist if needed. A house was given to the...
The land of Dzūkija and its songs are deeply rooted in my heart… (Lithuania)
The literate Aldona Sabonytė-Kazlauskienė was born in 1935-12-02 in the village of Švobiškės, parish of Alovė, Alytus district, in the family of farmers. In 1955 she finished the secondary school of Alovė. The same...
Artesian wells in Kärdla (Estonia)
The slanted limestone layers of the meteor crater near Kärdla, Hiiu County put pressure on groundwater. The water bursts out of the ground in an uninterrupted stream through pipes placed 10–15 metres under the...
Suuremõisa castle (Estonia)
The manor’s founding date is not known. In the Middle Ages the Pühalepa area was held by the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order. Suuremõisa was mentioned in 1519 as the Pühalepa Order’s manor....
The story of Jens Jakobsen – called Jens Provst or the ”Jens Dean” (Denmark)
Jens Jakobsen – called Jens Provst (”Jens Dean”) From the village of Arnborg, municipality of Herning Born 1844 – died 1914 Profession: Poacher, (roof) thatcher That the memory of Jens Provst still exists at...
Hagshult church (Sweden)
Hagshult kyrkby Hagshult village is located in southern Sweden in the region of Småland. In Hagshult village a medieval church stand firm. The church was built in the year of 1751 Inside the church...
Photos of Kanj Families from the Gorenjski Muzej Photo Library (Slovenia)
In the Photo Library of the Gorenjski Muzej, a fund consisting of black and white photographs of prominent Carniolan families is kept. The photographs included in this collection date from the 1970s until 1944....
The 240th anniversary of Tiltai and the 630th of Lieponys villages (Lithuania)
In 2017 two villages Lieponys and Tiltai (the region of Trakai, municipality of Rūdiškiai) – were commemorating honorable anniversaries. The old village of Lieponys was mentioned for the first time in historical texts in...
Herman Sergo (Estonia)
Herman Sergo was born in 1911 in a seaside village on Hiiumaa. Herman Sergo, a ship´s captain and a writer, wrote about the world he knew every inch of: the life of old salts...
Generation after Generation Exhibition (Slovenia)
The exhibition was placed in 2016 by the Association of Librarians of Gorenjska region in honor of the 40th anniversary of the renaming of the association. The Association president Maja Vunšek invited all members...
