Väike-Maarja is a small borough ( et, alevik) in

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or easter ...

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

Väike-Maarja Parish Väike-Maarja Parish ( et, Väike-Maarja vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 457.39 km². Settlements ;Small boroughs Kiltsi, Rakke, Simuna, ...

. Väike-Maarja Church was initially built as a

fortress church A fortress church (german: Kirchenburg) is a particular type of church that, in addition to its religious functions is also used by the local population as a retreat and defensive position, similar to a refuge castle. A fortress church usually imp ...

Climate

Notable people

Aile Asszonyi Aile Asszonyi (born on 22 July 1975) is an Estonian soprano. Discography *2003 Tormis Vision of Estonia I Estonian National Male Chorus Alba records (UPC: 641713120175) *2011 Isidora Žebeljan Rukoveti Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra CPO lab ...

(born 1975), opera singer *

Eda-Ines Etti Eda-Ines Etti (, born 26 May 1981), also known as simply Ines, is an Estonian singer and songwriter. Etti represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song " Once in a Lifetime", placing fourth. Until their win the following ...

(born 1981), singer * Vello Jürna (1959–2007), opera singer * Alar Kotli (1904–1963), architect * Jakob Liiv (1859–1938), poet and writer *

Georg Lurich Georg Lurich ( – 20 January 1920) was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century. Lurich was also the trainer of Estonian wrestlers and weightlifters Georg Hackenschmidt and Aleksander Aberg. Early life Born Geo ...

(1876–1920),

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

and strongman * Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986), poet and translator * Kuno Pajula (born 1924), cleric *

Maie Kalda Maie Kalda (19 June 1929 – 8 November 2013) was an Estonian literary scholar and critic. Kalda was born in Väike-Maarja, the daughter of the writer Madde Kalda. In 1956 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 19 ...

(1929–2013), literary scholar and critic * Priit Raik (1948–2008), composer, conductor and pedagogue * A. H. Tammsaare (1878–1940), writer, studied at Väike-Maarja parish school * Kaido Höövelson (born 1984), sumo wrestler known as

Baruto Kaito Kaido Höövelson, (known professionally as Baruto Kaito ; born 5 November 1984) is an Estonian politician and former professional sumo wrestler. Making his debut in May 2004, he reached the top division after just two years in sumo in May 2006 ...

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Väike-Maarja Parish
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