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Kärdla
Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. Geography Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the Tareste Bay; to the southeast of the town lies the 455 million year old Kärdla meteorite crater. Several small rivers flow through the town. There are also artesian wells in Kärdla. The Swedish name ''Kärrdal'' means "marsh valley"; the town is located in a lowlands valley. History Kärdla was first mentioned in 1564 as a village inhabited by Swedes. Its growth was greatly influenced by the cloth factory founded in 1830. A port was built in 1849. Both the port and the factory were destroyed in World War II. Kärdla officially became a borough in 1920, and a town in 1938. In 2013 the town was merged with Kõrgessaare Parish to establish Hiiumaa Parish, therefore Kärdla lost its municipality status. Population Transport Road t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kärdla Lennujaam
Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. Geography Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the Tareste Bay; to the southeast of the town lies the 455 million year old Kärdla meteorite crater. Several small rivers flow through the town. There are also artesian wells in Kärdla. The Swedish name ''Kärrdal'' means "marsh valley"; the town is located in a lowlands valley. History Kärdla was first mentioned in 1564 as a village inhabited by Swedes. Its growth was greatly influenced by the cloth factory founded in 1830. A port was built in 1849. Both the port and the factory were destroyed in World War II. Kärdla officially became a borough in 1920, and a town in 1938. In 2013 the town was merged with Kõrgessaare Parish to establish Hiiumaa Parish, therefore Kärdla lost its municipality status. Population Transport Road t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kärdla Sadam 2013
Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. Geography Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the Tareste Bay; to the southeast of the town lies the 455 million year old Kärdla meteorite crater. Several small rivers flow through the town. There are also artesian wells in Kärdla. The Swedish name ''Kärrdal'' means "marsh valley"; the town is located in a lowlands valley. History Kärdla was first mentioned in 1564 as a village inhabited by Swedes. Its growth was greatly influenced by the cloth factory founded in 1830. A port was built in 1849. Both the port and the factory were destroyed in World War II. Kärdla officially became a borough in 1920, and a town in 1938. In 2013 the town was merged with Kõrgessaare Parish to establish Hiiumaa Parish, therefore Kärdla lost its municipality status. Population Transport Road t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiumaa
Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within Hiiu County. Names Hiiumaa is the main island of Hiiu County, called or in Estonian. The Swedish and German name of the island is or ('Day' island) and in Danish. In modern Finnish, it is called , literally ' Hiisi's Land'. In Russian it is known as (). In Old Gutnish, it was ('day isthmus'), from which the local North Germanic name is derived. History Prehistory Hiiumaa emerged from the Baltic Sea 8500 years ago due to isostatic uplift after the retreat of the ice cap. Mesolithic settlements are found on the island's Kõpu Peninsula from about 5500 BC. These settlements seem to be related mostly to seal hunting and extend into the earliest Neolithic. As Hiiumaa is constantly uplifting the local sea level was 20 m high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kärdla Airport
Kärdla Airport ( et, Kärdla lennujaam, ) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated east of the town of Kärdla on Hiiumaa island. The airport has one asphalt runway, 14/32, and is . The runway was upgraded in 1998. Overview Kärdla Airport opened in 1963. During the next years there was fairly high activity at the airport, with regular flights to Tallinn, Haapsalu, Vormsi, Kuressaare, Riga, Pärnu, Viljandi, and Tartu, and charter flights to Murmansk, Vilnius, and Kaunas. 24,335 passengers travelled via Kärdla Airport in 1987. Air traffic sank dramatically after Estonia became independent in 1991, and in 1995, only 727 passengers traveled via the airport. Since then, traffic has increased, and 10,551 passengers travelled via the airport in 2010. The airport has annual Flight Days in the first weekend of August. On November 23, 2001, two died after an Antonov An-28 crashed en route to Kärdla. An investigation found that pilot error was the cause, but a court late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillar Eller
Hillar Eller (15 December 1939, Kärdla – 22 February 2010) was an Estonian former long distance runner and politician, most notable for being a voter for the Estonian restoration of Independence. He was also the chair of the Estonian Left Party from 1995 to 1996. Eller graduated from Kärdla Secondary School in 1958, from the Law Faculty at the University of Tartu in 1973, and in 1981 from Leningrad Communist University. He worked in the Sports Federation of Power in Hiiumaa from 1958 to 1964. From 1964 to 1970, he was the secretary of the Hiuumaa branch of the Central Committee of the Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia (ELKNÜ), and from 1966 to 1972 he was a member of the Central Committee of ELKNÜ. From 1970 to 1972, he was chairman of the Hiiumaa People's Control Commission The People's Control was a semi-civic, semi-governmental organisation in the Soviet Union with the purpose of putting under scrutiny the activities of government, local administrations and en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu County
Hiiu County ( et, Hiiu maakond or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German and sv, Dagö), the second largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it. The county borders Lääne County to the east and Saare County to the south. History Human habitation of Hiiumaa can be traced back to the 5th millennium BC. Mesolithic sites in Kõpu peninsula are exemplified by the seal-hunters' settlements. There are several well-preserved grave fields of the Iron Age. In 1228, the island was first mentioned in written annals under the name ''Dageida''. In 1254, Hiiumaa was divided between the Livonian Order and the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. In 1563 Hiiumaa was annexed into Sweden. In 1710, as a result of the Great Northern War the island went under the control of the Russian Empire. During World War I, the German military forces occupied Hiiumaa in 1917. In 1918–1940 Hiiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kärdla Crater
Kärdla (also Kärdla astrobleme) is a meteorite crater near the town of Kärdla in Estonia. It is 4 km (2.5 mi) in diameter and its age is estimated to be about 455 million years (Late Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start of the Silurian Period Mya. ...). The crater is not exposed at the surface. Its formation has been associated with the breakdown of 100km asteroid, that might have also resulted in the Tvären and Lockne craters in Sweden among others.A rain of L-Chondrites in the Thorsberg quarry at Kinnekulle, southern Sweden-Thomas Müller TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. References Impact craters of Estonia Ordovician impact craters Landforms of Hiiu County {{Hiiu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiumaa Parish
Hiiumaa Parish (Estonian: ''Hiiumaa vald'') is a rural municipality of Estonia on the island of Hiiumaa. Hiiumaa Parish was established by merging Emmaste Parish, Hiiu Parish, Käina Parish and Pühalepa Parish after the municipal elections held on 15 October 2017. Kärdla is the administrative center of the municipality. The current mayor (''vallavanem'') is Hergo Tasuja. The municipalities of Emmaste and Pühalepa contested their forced merger with Hiiu and Käina to form the new Hiiumaa municipality, which includes the whole island and what is Hiiu County. Settlements There is one town, Kärdla, two small boroughs (''alevik''): Käina and Kõrgessaare, and 182 villages in Hiiumaa Parish: * Aadma * Ala * Allika * Aruküla * Emmaste * Emmaste-Kurisu * Emmaste-Selja * Esiküla * Hagaste * Haldi * Haldreka * Harju * Hausma * Heigi * Heiste * Heistesoo * Hellamaa * Heltermaa * Hiiessaare * Hilleste * Hindu * Hirmuste * Härma * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer. Life and career Tüür () was born in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. He studied flute and percussion at the Tallinn Music School from 1976 to 1980 and composition with Jaan Rääts at the Tallinn Academy of Music and privately with Lepo Sumera from 1980 to 1984. From 1979 to 1984 he headed the rock group In Spe, which quickly became one of the most popular in Estonia. Tüür left In Spe to concentrate on composition, and with the advent of perestroika soon found an audience in the west. The Helsinki Philharmonic, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra are among those who have commissioned works from him. He was awarded the Cultural Prize of Estonia in 1991 and 1996 and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science in 1998. His Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, entitled ''"Illuminatio"'', was premiered by violist Lars An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eveli Saue
Eveli Saue (born February 13, 1984) is an Estonian orienteering competitor and retired biathlete. She is world champion in the combined sport ''biathlon orienteering''. Orienteering She received a bronze medal in the ''short course'' at the 2003 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Põlva."JWOC 2003 EST – Pölva, Estonia, 7-12 July 2003" (Retrieved on June 29, 2008) (Retrieved on June 29, 2008) Biathlon She participated in at the |
Municipalities Of Estonia
A municipality ( et, omavalitsus, plural ) is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country. Municipalities in Estonia are of two types: *Urban municipalities or towns (, singular ) *Rural municipalities or parishes (, singular ). There is no other status distinction between them. Municipalities may contain one or several settlements. All but 5 urban municipalities ( Haapsalu, Narva-Jõesuu, Paide, Pärnu and Tartu) plus 1 rural municipality ( Ruhnu) contain only one settlement. As of 2017, there are no longer any "borough-parishes", i.e. rural municipalities with only one borough-type settlement. Ruhnu Parish contains only one village and is therefore a "village-parish". Some municipalities are divided into districts. The 8 urban districts (, singular ) of Tallinn have limited self-government, while o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kõrgessaare Parish
Kõrgessaare Parish ( et, Kõrgessaare vald) was a rural municipality in the north-west of Hiiu County, Estonia. In 2013 it was merged with the town of Kärdla to form a new Hiiu Parish. Settlements There was 1 small borough () Kõrgessaare and 58 villages: Heigi, Heiste, Heistesoo, Hirmuste, Hüti, Isabella, Jõeranna, Jõesuu, Kalana, Kaleste, Kanapeeksi, Kauste, Kidaste, Kiduspe, Kiivera, Kodeste, Koidma, Kopa, Kõpu, Kurisu, Laasi, Lauka, Lehtma, Leigri, Lilbi, Luidja, Mägipe, Malvaste, Mangu, Mardihansu, Meelste, Metsaküla, Mudaste, Napi, Nõmme, Ogandi, Ojaküla, Otste, Palli, Paope, Pihla, Poama, Puski, Reigi, Risti, Rootsi, Sigala, Sülluste, Suurepsi, Suureranna, Tahkuna Tahkuna is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from F ..., Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
