Sindi (german: Zintenhof) is a town in Tori Parish, in

Pärnu County Pärnu County ( et, Pärnu maakond or ''Pärnumaa''; german: Kreis Pernau) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the nor ...

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, an ...

, with a population of 3906 in 2017. It is located 14 kilometers from the county capital

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...

, on the left coast of the

Pärnu River Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...

History

In the area of Sindi was the

Mesolithic The Mesolithic ( Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymo ...

settlement of Pulli, dating from around

8500 BC The 9th millennium BC spanned the years 9000 BC to 8001 BC (11 to 10 thousand years ago). In chronological terms, it is the first full millennium of the current Holocene epoch that is generally reckoned to have begun by 9700 BC (11.7 thousan ...

- the oldest known settlement in Estonia. It was discovered by geologists in 1965. The settlement probably existed for a short period, as the area was later covered by water. As a swampy region, the area remained unpopulated until the 16th century. The town's name is derived from

Clauss Zindt Clauss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Clauss, Major League Baseball player in 1915 *Alfred Clauss (1906-1998), German-born architect *Carin Clauss (born January 24, 1939), American lawyer and legal scholar *Jane West Cla ...

, a mayor of Pärnu in 1565, who founded a manor (Zintenhof) where the town is now. The settlement was formed in 1833 around a textile factory owned by the manor. It officially became a borough in 1921 and a town in 1938. Important to the town's development was the founding of a railway station 1928. The railway operated until 1970.

Geography

Sindi is located on the left bank of

, between the river and the wetland of Lanksaare.

Notable people

Uno Palu Uno Palu (born 8 February 1933 in Sindi) is a former Estonian decathlete who represented the USSR. He trained at Dynamo in Tallinn. At the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were ...

(born 1933), decathlete *

Allar Raja Allar Raja (born 22 June 1983) is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu. Rowing career 2000–2008 Raja competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2000 in the quadruple sculls event (19th) and ...

(born 1983), rower *

Julius Seljamaa Julius Friedrich Seljamaa ( in Sindi, Estonia, Sindi – 17 June 1936 in Tallinn) was an Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist. From 1933 to 1936, he was the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was born in Sindi, Estonia, Sindi, Pä ...

(1883–1936), politician and diplomat *

The Tuberkuloited The Tuberkuloited is an Estonian punk rock band created in 1991 by Alar Aigro and Indrek "Summer" Raadik in Sindi Sindi may refer to: *Sindi people, an ancient people of the Taman Peninsula, nowadays Russia * Sindi, Estonia, a town in Pärnu Co ...

, rock band originally from Sindi

Gallery

Sindi raudteejaama peahoone.jpg, Railway station building Sindi raekoda.JPG, Town hall of Sindi Sindi ministeeriumikooli hoone.JPG, Historical Sindi schoolhouse Sindi õigeusu kirik.JPG, Sindi Eastern Orthodox church Sindi raamatukogu.jpg, Sindi library Elamu Sindis Paide mnt 5.jpg, Residential building Sindi pais.jpg, Former Sindi dam

References

External links

* Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Pärnu County Kreis Pernau {{Estonia-geo-stub