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Uusküla, Lääne-Viru County
Uusküla is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. Name Uusküla was attested in historical sources as ''Vdeskulle'' in the 15th century, ''Wuszküll'' in 1510, ''Vsküllby'' in 1583, and ''Udenküll'' in 1726. The name literally means 'new village'. Two lines of thought explain the "new" character of the settlement. The archaeologist Tanel Moora determined that the cemetery in Uusküla is more recent than the other cemeteries associated with Palmse Palmse is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia, on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. Palmse manor Palmse estate (german: Palms) belonged to the convent of St. Michael in Tallinn in the Middle Ages and is re ... Manor. The archaeologist Valter Lang, who found earlier traces of cremation burials in the area, assumes that there was a break in settlement, and that the name ''Uusküla'' was applied when the area was resettled. References Villages in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Estonia
Counties ( et, maakond, plural ') are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. The government (') of each county is led by a ' (governor) who represents the national government (') at the regional level. Governors are appointed by the national government for a term of five years. Each county is further divided into municipalities of two types: urban municipalities (towns, ') and rural municipalities (parishes, '). The number and name of the counties were not affected. However, their borders were changed by the administrative reform at the municipal elections Sunday 15 October 2017, which brought the number of municipalities down from 213 to 79. List Population figures as of 1 January 2021. The sum total of the figures in the table is 42,644 km2, of which the land area is 42,388 km2, so that 256 km2 of water is included in the figures. History In the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lääne-Viru County
Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south, and Järva and Harju counties to the west. In January 2013, Lääne-Viru County had a population of 58,806: 4.5% of the population in Estonia. History In prehistoric times, Lääne-Virumaa was settled by Estonians of the Vironian tribe. County Government The County Government ( et, maavalitsus) is led by a governor ( et, maavanem), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia. Since 2014, the governor position has been held by Marko Torm. The county seat is Rakvere. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities. There is one urban municipality ( et, linnad – towns) and seven rural municipalities ( et, vallad – parishes) in Lä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haljala Parish
Haljala Parish ( et, Haljala vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 4297 (2021) and an area of 549 km². Populated places Small borough Haljala - Võsu Villages Aaspere - Aasu - Aasumetsa - Aaviku - Adaka - Altja - Andi - Annikvere - Auküla - Eisma - Eru - Essu - Idavere - Haili - Idavere - Ilumäe - Joandu - Kakuvälja - Kandle - Karepa - Kärmu - Käsmu - Karula - Kavastu - Kisuvere - Kiva - Kõldu - Koljaku - Koolimäe - Korjuse - Kosta - Kärmu - Lahe - Lauli - Lihulõpe - Liiguste - Lobi - Metsanurga - Metsiku - Muike - Mustoja - Natturi - Noonu - Oandu - Paasi - Pajuveski - Palmse - Pedassaare - Pehka - Pihlaspea - Põdruse - Rutja - Sagadi - Sakussaare - Salatse - Sauste - Tatruse - Tepelvälja - Tidriku - Tiigi - Toolse - Tõugu - Uusküla - Vainupea - Vanamõisa - Varangu - Vatku - Vergi - Vihula - Vila - Villandi - Võhma - Võle - Võsupere Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Athens. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Egypt, since 21 April 2015; used EEST ( UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with daylight saving time) from 1988–2010 and 16 May–26 September 2014. See also Egypt Standard Time. * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Estonia, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–88, regular EEST since 1989 * Finland, regu ... [...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] |
Tanel Moora
Tanel is a male given name of Estonian origin. It is a cognate of the name Daniel. Individuals bearing the name Tanel include: * Tanel Ingi (born 1976), Estonian actor * Tanel Joamets (born 1968), Estonian pianist *Tanel Kangert (born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer * Tanel Kiik (born 1989), Estonian politician *Tanel Kurbas (born 1988), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Laanmäe (born 1989), Estonian javelin thrower * Tanel Leok (born 1985), Estonian motocross racer * Tanel Padar (born 1980), Estonian singer *Tanel Rander (born 1980), Estonian artist, curator and writer *Tanel Sokk (born 1985), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Talve (born 1976), iEstonian journalist, radio and television presenter and politician * Tanel Tammet (born 1965), Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer and politician *Tanel Tein (born 1978), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Toom Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmse
Palmse is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia, on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. Palmse manor Palmse estate (german: Palms) belonged to the convent of St. Michael in Tallinn in the Middle Ages and is referred to as a manorial estate in 1510. From 1676 until the Estonian declaration of independence in 1919 it belonged to the Baltic German von der Pahlen family. Construction of the present building started under the ownership of Gustav Christian von der Pahlen in 1697, by designs of architect Jacob Staël von Holstein. The house was burnt during the Great Northern War and restored in 1730 by Arend Dietrich von der Pahlen, who had studied architecture in the Netherlands. The house was given its present-day look during a renovation in 1782-1785, under the guidance of architect Johann Caspar Mohr, who designed a number of manor houses in Estonia as well as the present-day seat of Government of Estonia, the Stenbock House in Tallinn. Apart fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valter Lang
Valter is a spelling variant of the German name ''Walter'', ''Walther'', from Old High German ''walt'' "rule" and ''her'' "army". The spelling variant in ''V-'' is adopted in a number of European languages, including Scandinavian (North Germanic), Finnic (Finnish, Estonian), Slavic (Slovenian, Croatian), Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian) and Romance (Italian, Portuguese). Notable people with the name include: Given name *Valter (Brazilian footballer) (born 1975), Brazilian football striker * Valter Birsa (born 1986), Slovenian football player *Valter Bonča (born 1968), Slovenian racing cyclist * Valter Borges (born 1988), Cape Verdean football player *Valter Chifu (born 1952), Romanian volleyball player * Valter Costa (born 1949), Portuguese football player *Ricardo Valter da Costa (born 1981), Brazilian football player * Valter Dešpalj (born 1947), Croatian cellist *Valter Di Salvo (born 1963), Italian fitness coach *Valter Ever (1902–1981), Estonian track and field athlete * Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
