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Tartu Hanseatic Days
Tartu Hanseatic Days ( et, Tartu Hansapäevad) is an annual festival held in Tartu, Estonia. The name of the festival refers to the fact that Tartu was a member of medieval Hanseatic League. First festival took place in 1995. The festival is organized by Tartu City and Tartu City Museum. One of the main event of the festival is Hansalaat ('Hanseatic Market'). In 2007, the festival has about 70,000 visitors. See also * Hanseatic Days of New Time The Hanseatic Days of New Time or the Hansa Days of New Time (german: Hansetage der Neuzeit) is an annual international festival of member cities of the Hanseatic League of New Time (also known as the New Hansa). The Hanseatic Days are held annual ... References External links * {{Official website Festivals in Estonia Culture in Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across seven modern-day countries; at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries, it stretched from the Netherlands in the west to Russia in the east, and from Estonia in the north to Kraków, Poland in the south. The League originated from various loose associations of German traders and towns formed to advance mutual commercial interests, such as protection against piracy and banditry. These arrangements gradually coalesced into the Hanseatic League, whose traders enjoyed duty-free treatment, protection, and diplomatic privileges in affiliated communities and their trade routes. Hanseatic Cities gradually developed a common legal system governing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu City Museum
Tartu City Museum ( et, Tartu Linnamuuseum) is a museum in Tartu, 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 Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ... which focuses on the history of Tartu. The museum was founded in 1955. The museum building was built in the late 18th century. As of 2015, the museum has about 158,000 items. The museum permanent exhibition name is "Dorpat. Yuryev. Tartu." The museum has four branches: # 19th Century Tartu Citizen's Home Museum; # KGB Cells Museum; # Oskar Luts Home Museum; # Song Festival Museum. References External links * {{Coord, 58.3820, 26.7289, type:landmark_region:EE, display=title Museums in Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanseatic Days Of New Time
The Hanseatic Days of New Time or the Hansa Days of New Time (german: Hansetage der Neuzeit) is an annual international festival of member cities of the Hanseatic League of New Time (also known as the New Hansa). The Hanseatic Days are held annually in one of the member cities of the New Hansa since 1980, when it was decided to re-establish the Hanseatic League and the first Hanseatic Days were held in Zwolle, the Netherlands. During the festival, Hanseatic cities from different European countries try to position themselves as cities that have rich historic traditions but that continue their successful development in our days as well. Apart from the festival, Hanseatic Days include an international forum where representatives of member cities of the New Hansa discuss their political, economic and cultural cooperation. Venues * 1980 – Zwolle, Netherlands * 1982 – Dortmund, Germany * 1983 – Lübeck, Germany * 1984 – Neuss, Germany * 1985 – Braunschweig, Germany * 1986 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festivals In Estonia
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Estonia. Festivals }) , , , , - , Kuressaare Maritime Festival , Kuressaare , , maritime festival , - , Õllesummer , , , mainly beer festival , - , SELL Student Games , , , , - , Valga Military History Festival , , , , - , Jõgevatreff , Kuremaa , , motofestival Film festivals in Estonia *Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ( et, Pimedate Ööde filmifestival) * Matsalu Nature Film Festival ( et, Matsalu loodusfilmide festival)http://www.matsalufilm.ee/ (accessed 4 March 2020) * Pärnu International Documentary and Science Film Festival Music festivals in Estonia References External links * {{Music festival Estonia Estonia *Festivals in Estonia Festivals A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
