Ongassaare (formerly Kõnnu) is a village in
Alutaguse Parish
Alutaguse Parish ( et, Alutaguse vald) is a rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of mu ...
,
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used ...
in northeastern
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 ...
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Ongassaare is the birthplace of the organist and composer
Alfred Karindi
Alfred Karindi (30 May 1901 – 13 April 1969) was an Estonian organist and composer.
Life and work
Alfred Karindi was born on 30 May 1901 in the village of Kõnnu, Illuka Parish. In 1920 he entered the Tartu Higher School of Music where he ...
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References
Villages in Ida-Viru County
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