Obinitsa Village Centre is a building in

Obinitsa Obinitsa (also known as Obiniste, Abinitsa, Kirikmäe) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County, southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 187 (as of 1 January 2009). The Meremäe-Obinitsa Primary School was closed in 2009, after that the ...

village,

Setomaa Parish Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km². Settlements There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 vil ...

Võru County Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...

in southeastern

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 ...

. Obinitsa kindergarten, Obinitsa library, gym, fitness studio, dressing rooms and washrooms as well as some rental areas are situated in the building. Obinitsa village centre was originally built as a building for the Incomplete Secondary School of Obinitsa during 1962-1963. 170 children began their studies in the building in 1963. Historically, the school in Obinitsa had been operating ever since 1890. Obinitsa Basic School continued to operate in the same building. In 2004, Meremäe and Obinitsa basic schools were joined together as Meremäe-Obinitsa Basic School; lessons were held in two buildings: In Meremäe and Obinitsa. Since the autumn of 2008, Meremäe-Obinitsa Basic School carried on its work in Meremäe School building only and Obinitsa school building had no use for the most part of it. In 2009, the building was renovated and turned into Obinitsa Village Centre. Building and renovating the whole complex cost 497,841 euros, of which 423,165 euros was provided by

Enterprise Estonia Enterprise Estonia ( et, Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus, abbreviated EAS) is Estonian national foundation ( et, sihtasutus) which goal is to develop economy of Estonia. For developing it aims to three principal areas of activity: :to develop ...

. Renovation was done by AS Tartu Ehitus. Altogether, 1372m² of building ground was renovated. The building became home to a kindergarten and library, a gym was opened, as well as a fitness studio, dressing and washrooms.Obinitsa külakeskus pakub tervist ja tegutsemisrõõmu
maaleht.delfi.ee, retrieved 25.02.2014

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