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Vana-Mustamäe
Vana-Mustamäe ( Estonian for ''"Old Black Hill"'') is a neighborhood of Nõmme in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,066 (). It borders Hiiu and Pääsküla to the south, Nõmme to the southeast, Mustamäe to the northeast, Kadaka to the north, Astangu to the northwest, and Mäeküla to the west. It's the location of Glehn Castle (administratively in Hiiu Hiiu is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,986 (), population density is . Hiiu has a station on the Elron western route. The first narrow gauge ...). Gallery File:Tihniku sild 1.jpg File:Glehni rahula(Tallinn).jpg, Glehn's cemetery References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu, Tallinn
Hiiu is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,986 (), population density is . Hiiu has a station on the Elron western route. The first narrow gauge railway station was built to Hiiu in 1913. Gallery File:Hiiu raudteepeatus.jpg, Hiiu train station File:Vabaduse puiestee 20081.jpg, Vabaduse puiestee, the main road of Nõmme District in Hiiu. File:Hiiu grain elevator.JPG, Grain elevator File:Glehni loss 02.jpg, Glehn Castle File:Mustamäe suusahüppetornid.jpg, Mustamäe ski jumping hill File:Nõmme Ristija Johannese kirik 1.jpg, Nõmme St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church See also *Hiiu Stadium Hiiu Stadium ( et, Hiiu staadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. The stadium and the administration building are owned by Nõmme district and are operated by Nõmme Sport Centre (''Nõmme spordikeskus''). It is used mostly for ... References Subdistricts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiiu
Hiiu is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,986 (), population density is . Hiiu has a station on the Elron western route. The first narrow gauge railway station was built to Hiiu in 1913. Gallery File:Hiiu raudteepeatus.jpg, Hiiu train station File:Vabaduse puiestee 20081.jpg, Vabaduse puiestee, the main road of Nõmme District in Hiiu. File:Hiiu grain elevator.JPG, Grain elevator File:Glehni loss 02.jpg, Glehn Castle File:Mustamäe suusahüppetornid.jpg, Mustamäe ski jumping hill File:Nõmme Ristija Johannese kirik 1.jpg, Nõmme St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church See also *Hiiu Stadium Hiiu Stadium ( et, Hiiu staadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. The stadium and the administration building are owned by Nõmme district and are operated by Nõmme Sport Centre (''Nõmme spordikeskus''). It is used mostly for ... References Subdistricts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mäeküla, Tallinn
Mäeküla (Estonian for ''"Hill Village"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of 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 .... It has a population of 2 (). References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astangu
Astangu (Estonian for ''"Terrace"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of 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 .... It has a population of 3,274 (). Gallery File:Tallinn Astangu houses.jpg, Typical Soviet era apartment buildings in Astangu File:Tallinn Astangu.jpg, New apartment buildings File:Tallinn Astangu new houses.jpg, References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadaka, Tallinn
Kadaka (Estonian for ''"Juniper"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Mustamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 4,817 (). Gallery File:Laki I kvartal (Kadaka, Tallinn) 04.jpg, File:Eesti Energia.jpg, Headquarters of Eesti Energia Eesti Energia AS is a public limited energy company in Estonia with its headquarters in Tallinn. It is the world's biggest oil shale to energy company. The company was founded in 1939. As of 2014, it operates in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Fi ... File:Ehitajate ja Kadaka tee ristmik.jpg, Main junction in Kadaka File:Busside tagumised osad.jpg, Parking near TAK office File:Tallinna Autobussikoondise hoone.jpg, Tallinn Bus Company File:Veski kõrts (Kadaka, Tallinn).jpg, References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustamäe (subdistrict)
Mustamäe (Estonian for ''"Black Hill"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Mustamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 50,688 (). Gallery File:Männipargi kõlakoda.jpg, Männi park File:EE-TLN-Sõpruse.JPG, Sõpruse puiestee File:SolarisT18ACInTallinn.jpg, Akadeemia street File:Põhja Eesti Regionaalhaigla Tallinn.jpg, Mustamäe hospital File:TUT Main entrance.jpg, Main building of Tallinn University of Technology File:Sõpruse puiestee ja Ehitajate ning Akadeemia tee ringtee.jpg, Sõpruse, Ehitajate and Akadeemia roundabout See also *TTÜ Sports Hall The TalTech Sports Hall ( et, TalTech Spordihoone) is a multi-purpose list of indoor arenas, indoor arena complex in Mustamäe, Tallinn. It was opened in 1975 and renovated in 2001. It is the current home arena of the TalTech Basketball team. ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nõmme (subdistrict)
Nõmme ( Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and had a population on 1 January 2014 of 6,389, with a population density of . Nõmme has a station on the Elron western route. The first train station in Nõmme was opened in 1872. Gallery File:Nõmme jaamahoone.jpg, Nõmme train station File:Nõmme turuhoone 3.jpg, Nõmme market building, burned down and rebuilt in 2010 File:Los Angeles? No, Nõmme Center, Tallinn Estonia.jpg, File:Ehitajate tee algul koos Mustamäe suusasillaga.jpg, Ehitajate tee going up to Nõmme hill from Mustamäe Mustamäe (Estonian for ''Black Hill'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area (it covers only 8.1 km²), it is at the same time the second largest district by popula .... File:N6mme rahu kirik 2007 veebruar.jpg, Nõmme Rahu (''Peace'') Church References Subdistricts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pääsküla
Pääsküla (Estonian for ''"Passage Village"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 9,948 (), population density is . Pääsküla has a station on the Elron western route. Gallery File:Pääsküla raudteepeatus (tänapäev).jpg, Pääsküla old train station File:Pääsküla jaama hoone.jpg, Old station building File:Laagri SäästumarketIMG 2601.JPG, Laagri Säästumarket in Vana-Pääsküla (''Old Pääsküla'') File:Pääskülakivisild.jpg, Pääsküla stone bridge See also *Pääsküla River Pääsküla River is river in Estonia in Harju County. The river is 11.6 km long and basin size is 41.2 km2. It runs into Vääna River Vääna (german: Feyena, Faehna, Fähna) is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in norther ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nõmme
Nõmme ( Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class suburban area, mostly consisting of listed private homes from the 1920s and 1930s and is sometimes referred to as the "Forest Town." History Nõmme was founded by Nikolai von Glehn, the owner of Jälgimäe Manor, in 1873 as a summerhouse district. The development started around the railway station. In 1926 it was granted town rights, but in the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1940, it was merged with Tallinn and remains as one of the eight districts of Tallinn to date. There are many historical sights in Nõmme, such as the Glehn's Castle, Kalevipoeg sculpture (also known as "Glehn's Devil"), the "Victoria Palace" cinema, and Nõmme Market. Other important sights include Vanaka hill, the ski jumping tower, Rahumäe cemete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harku
Harku (german: Hark) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harku Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 868, of which the Estonians were 539 (62.1%). Harku was first mentioned probably in 1242 as ''Harkua''. The only women's prison in Estonia Harku Prison is located in Harku. Politician Edgar Savisaar (1950–2022) was born in the prison. Harku manor Harku manor (german: Hark) was founded in 1372 by the Teutonic Order. In 1583 it became a private property and was subsequently owned by several Baltic German families from the Baltic nobility. Following the Estonian Declaration of Independence, it was taken over by the state and used as a youth prison until the outbreak of World War II. Following the war the main building befell what is today known as the Estonian Agricultural University. The main building that we see today dates from the 18th century and has been rebuilt several times. It received its present external look d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glehn Castle
The Glehn Castle ( et, Glehni loss, also Mustamäe Manor, german: Hohenhaupt) is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of Tallinn, Estonia. History The manor was designed and established by Nikolai von Glehn on the northern part of the lands of his Jälgimäe Manor to become his new residence. The castle was completed in 1886. The castle is surrounded by a park with several buildings like a palm house (1900–1910), observatory tower (1910) and sculptures "Kalevipoeg" (1908), "Crocodile" (1908), all of which were also designed by Glehn himself. After Glehn emigrated to Germany in 1918 the castle was looted and fell into decline. In the 1960s, restoration of the building commenced. The renovated palace was inaugurated on the 24 March 1977. In popular culture The film ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (russian: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей) was shot around the castle in 1981. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
