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Hakametsä
Hakametsä is a smaller district of Tampere, Finland, located about four kilometers from its city center. The neighboring parts of Hakametsä are Huikas, Ristinarkku, Messukylä, Vuohenoja, Kalevanrinne, Kaleva, Kissanmaa and Uusikylä. Hakametsä was once the pasture of the Messukylä's parsonage, and it was settled in the late 19th century. The first inhabitants were "gardener Juho Fritzkopf, carpenter August Heino, mixed worker Nestor Rajala, butcher Kalle Lindevall, gardener Aksel Gauffin, baker Kustaa Eklund and baker Lahtinen". The first town plans of Hakametsä and Ristinarkku were confirmed in the 1950s. Finland's first ice rink, Tampere Ice Stadium (also known as ''Hakametsä Arena''), was completed in Hakametsä for the 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Hakametsä (district), Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 3–15 March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets became world champions for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere Ice Stadium
Tampere Ice Stadium ( fi, Tampereen jäähalli, often called ''Hakametsä'') is an indoor sports arena in Tampere, Finland. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and it was the former home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the Finnish Liiga, until after the matches both teams played in November 2021, they moved to play the following matches in the new Nokia Arena. Today, the Ice Stadium is currently in use by the Koovee team. The ice hall, designed by the architect Jaakko Tähtinen was built for the 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships and opened the same year. The current capacity of the ice hall for hockey games is 7,300 spectators (5,629 seats, 1,359 standing, 312 suites). Tampere ice stadium is the third biggest ice hall in the Finnish ice hockey league. As there are several ice hockey venues in Tampere, this primary one is usually called "Hakametsän jäähalli" (after the district where it is located) or, more precisely, "Hakametsä 1" to distinguish it from the two smaller ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Hakametsä (district), Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 3–15 March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets became world champions for the fifth time, winning all of their games. This also counted as their ninth Ice Hockey European Championships, European title, with the Czechs finishing second and the Swedes third. For the third straight year Canada finished fourth. The tournament employed new tie-breaking rules, which some believed were supposed to be in place for the Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Innsbruck Olympics. To decide medals priority would be given to the team who won the head-to-head game, unless they tied, or more than two teams were tied. In those two cases goal differential would be used, but only the goal differential between the top four teams. Fifteen nations played in two groups, with qualification games used to establish the tier for closely ranked teams. From now on, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalevanrinne
Kalevanrinne is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is located in the Sampo area between the districts of Kaleva and Järvensivu, bordering Liisankallio and Kalevanharju in the west, Hakametsä and Vuohenoja in the east. The city plan of Kalevanrinne was confirmed in 1951 and supplemented in 1955 and 1960.Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet'', s. 92. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51, 1999. (in Finnish) Kalevanrinne has a hypermarket Prisma, a pet store Musti ja Mirri and a electronics store Gigantti. There are also 13 planned apartment buildings in the area, which means that the Kalevanrinne residential area, located between Kalevantie and Sammonkatu, is planned to have about 1,360 inhabitants. The planned area is about 3,5 hectares in size. Kalevanrinne was once known in 1918 as the location of a prison camp for red prisoners during the Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ristinarkku
Ristinarkku () is a district in Tampere, Finland. The district also includes the Janka's residential area. There are a school and several retail stores in the area. The area is close to the city center and has apartment buildings as well as townhouses. The Sampo Highway runs through Ristinarkku,Sami RaninenTAMPERE JANKA - Arkeologinen tarkkuusinventointi Pirkanmaan maakuntamuseo, 2011. (in Finnish) and the district is bordered on the south by the Tampere–Haapamäki railway and on the east by the eastern part of the Tampere Ring Road ( Highway 9). The neighboring parts of the city are Hakametsä, Huikas, Takahuhti, Pappila, Linnainmaa, Hankkio and Messukylä. The Ristinarkku area was the center of the village of Takahuhti, which belonged to Messukylä, where most of the village's houses were still built in the late 19th century as a dense group. The rest of the name Ristinarkku is most likely based on the word ''orko'', which means a meadow or field cleared of drooping. Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissanmaa
Kissanmaa is a district in the eastern part of Tampere, Finland, along the Teiskontie street. It belongs to the subdivision of Sampo, and it is located 3 kilometers from the city center. Kissanmaa is surrounded by Ruotula and Uusikylä in the east, Hakametsä in the south, Kaleva in the west and Kauppi in the north. Most of the residential houses are detached houses, but there are also apartment buildings of different sizes in the western part of the area. The area is best known for Finland's first ice rink, Tampere Ice Stadium, and training hall, completed in 1965. The first town plan of Kissanmaa was established in 1958.Louhivaara 1999, p. 107. Etymology The name ''Kissanmaa'' (literally the "land of cat") first appeared in 1913, when the area was annexed to Tampere in connection with the Hatanpää land trade. In Kissanmaa, reference was made to a narrow forest area that extended from Lake Näsijärvi to Lake Iides. The name ''Kissanmaa'' also appeared in the 1916-17 addres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messukylä
Messukylä ( sv, Messukylä, also ) is a former municipality of Finland which was annexed by the city of Tampere in 1947. The medieval stone church (built c. 1540) in Messukylä is the oldest building in Tampere. During the Civil War (1918), Messukylä was the scene of heavy battles around both the medieval and new churches. History Messukylä was first mentioned in 1439, when it was a part of Pirkkala. The village of Takahuhti is even older, its area has had permanent inhabitants before the 14th century. Messukylä became a separate parish in 1636, though it already had a chapel community in the 15th century. Tampere, mentioned as early as 1666, was originally a part of Messukylä and was split off from it as a town in 1773. Teisko was a part of Messukylä until 1865, while Aitolahti was a part of Messukylä until 1923. Areas added to Tampere Kyttälä was a part of Messukylä until 1877. The area where Kaleva was later built was added to Tampere at the same time. The ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keskusta, Tampere
Keskusta ("City Centre") is a main district of the city of Tampere, Finland, formed by less than 20 suburbs in the city centre. Over 63,000 people live in Keskusta. It is located along the Tammerkoski rapids and its most important services include Tampere City Hall and the Market Hall. Districts Finlayson, Nalkala, Amuri, Kaakinmaa, Pyynikinrinne, Särkänniemi, Tampella, Jussinkylä, Kyttälä, Ratina, Osmonmäki, Tammela, Tulli, Kalevanharju, Hatanpää, Pyynikki. Gallery File:Finlayson industrial building at night. - panoramio.jpg, Finlayson industrial building File:Aamulehden talo, Hallituskatu 14, Tampere.jpg, ''Aamulehti'' office building in Nalkala File:Tampere City Library interior.jpg, Tampere Central Library in Amuri File:Pirkanmaa music institute in Tampere Nov2011 001.jpg, Pirkanmaa Music Institute in Kaakinmaa File:Särkänniemi6.jpg, Särkänniemi amusement park File:Vapriikin etupiha ja sisäänkäynti.jpg, Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampella File ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaleva (Tampere)
Kaleva is an eastern part of the city of Tampere, Finland, located south of the Kauppi (district), Kauppi district. It is part of larger Sampo (district), Sampo district. The population of Kaleva is approximately 10,000 (2005). The most notable landmark is the Kaleva Church built between 1959 and 1966, and located in the Liisankallio, Liisankallio district. Kaleva has many educational institutions, the folk high school Sampola and vocational school of economics, two high schools (lukio); Kalevan lukio and Sammon keskuslukio, and two comprehensive schools. It's also the home of the biggest swimming hall in Tampere. Most locals are students from Tampere University or pensioners. In 2007 Kaleva topped being the most poor part of the tow One of the notables residents in Kaleva is Sanna Marin, the current Prime Minister of Finland. See also * Kalevankangas Cemetery References Sampo {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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