Lievestuore

History

Before the area was settled in the 16th century, the shores of the Lievestuoreenjärvi were hunting grounds of Tuulos, specifically the villages of Juttila and Toivaala. In 1560, a Savonian named Paavali Puttonen had settled on the hunting grounds of Toivaala, establishing the Naaranputtola farm. A leasehold estate () on the lands of Juttila was first mentioned in 1564, when it was leased to Markku Jussinpoika. This farm was abandoned in 1571. The Porkkala manor of Lammi also had a leased estate in the area since 1565, which was named Markkula at the end of the century. Initially the official village of Lievestuore included all farms around the lake, but Naarantaipale and Puttola (split from the former in 1571) were eventually transferred to the village of Leppävesi, though they were also mentioned as part of Niemisjärvi in 1579. However, three leasehold farms owned by the Skytte family; Leivonniemi (Simuna), Rusila (in modern Hankasalmi) and Taipale (Hytölä, in modern Sumiainen) were transferred to Lievestuore, thus forming a very discontinuous official village consisting only of leasehold estates. In 1611, the farm abandoned in 1571 was reestablished as Montola after its new leaseholder Jussi Montonen. The farm was leased to the Montonen family until the 1670s, then to the Valkonen family. The Saarilampi farm was separated from Montola in 1771. Montola had become a crown farm (, that was property of the crown and not of nobles) in 1694. The village of Lievestuore comprised five divisions () in 1776: Markkula, Montola, Rusila, Simuna and Hytölä. During the Great Partition, the discontinuous official village was noted as ineffective to administer. In 1829, Simuna was transferred to Kapeekoski, Rusila to Niemisjärvi and Hytölä to Sumiainen, while the farms of…