Türi is a town in

Järva County Järva County ( et, Järva maakond or ''Järvamaa''; german: Jerwen; la, Jervia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the central part of the country and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south-east, ...

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 is the administrative centre of

Türi Parish Türi Parish ( et, Türi Vald) is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia. On 16 October 2005 Kabala Parish, Oisu Parish, Town of Türi and the former Türi Parish were united to form a new Türi Parish. On 2017 the parishes of Türi, K� ...

. Since 2000, Türi is known as the "spring capital" of Estonia. It has a railway station on the

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 ' ...

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

railway line operated by

Elron (rail transit) AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. The company was founded as a subsidiary of Eesti Raudtee in 1998, and separated shortly thereafter. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusiv ...

History

*1347 Türi first mentioned in historical records by the

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

name of Turgel *1687 The establishment of the first school *1900 Railway traffic (

–

, Türi–

Paide Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name ''Weißenstein'' (originally ''Wittenstein'' or ''Wittensten'' in Low German) means "white stone". This name was de ...

) opened *1917 Türi gains the rights of a market town *1924 The first secondary education institution in Türi opened – Türi Horticultural Gymnasium *1926 The rights of a town given to Türi *1937 Erection of a radio mast. The mast was blown up by

soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

forces in 1941 *1950 - 1959 Türi - the centre of Türi County. *1995 Türi Museum opened. *1997 Türi College of the University of Tartu for environmental science studies opened *2000 Türi declared the Spring Capital of Estonia by

Mart Laar Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's Economy_of_Estonia#Restoration_o ...

, the prime minister of Estonia *2005 Türi became the administrative centre of newly formed

Climate

Sights

Türi Church

Türi Church, originally dedicated to St. Martin, is a well-preserved medieval

hall church A hall church is a church with a nave and aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof. The term was invented in the mid-19th century by Wilhelm Lübke, a pioneering German art historian. In contrast to an archi ...

of a form typical for central Estonia. Construction of the church probably started in the late 13th century and the ceiling was completed in the early 14th century. It retains much of its medieval look, including carved stone details such as consoles in the form of human heads. Other noteworthy interior details include the renaissance

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

, a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

retable (by

Christian Ackermann Christian Ackermann was a sculptor and carver who worked in Estonia. Life and work Christian Ackermann was born in Königsberg. He worked in Riga, Stockholm, and Gdańsk, before becoming active in Tallinn from about 1672 until his death in 171 ...

) and an altar painting by A. Pezold from 1856.

Gallery

File:Türi jaamahoone.jpg, Türi railway station File:Türi tehisjärv.jpg, Türi reservoir File:Türi kultuurimaja.jpg, Türi cultural center File:Türi Ühisgümnaasium.jpg, Türi school File:Türi Toimetulekukool.jpg, Türi Kevade School for the disabled

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turi Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Türi Parish