Porras, Tammela

Coordinates: 60°45′N 23°56′E / 60.750°N 23.933°E / 60.750; 23.933
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A roadside scenery from Porras.
Old wooden buildings in Porras.

Porras is a village in the municipality of

duckboards"; the name comes from a bridge on the Häme Ox Road by the village.[2]

Albert Edelfelt made paintwork Veräjällä in Tammela in 1889.

History

The village was first mentioned around 1470.[3]

Porras was the main village of an administrative division (hallintopitäjä) from the early 1500s to the 1700s, when the division was split into Tammela and Somero. The division was further subdivided into the fourths (neljänneskunnat) of Pitkäjärvi, Hirsjärvi, Tammela and Jokioinen.

References

  1. ^ Porras.net Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. .(in Finnish)
  3. ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 346. Retrieved August 16, 2022.

60°45′N 23°56′E / 60.750°N 23.933°E / 60.750; 23.933