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Pirita
Pirita is one of the eight administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Pirita occupies a relatively big area, but compared to other districts of Tallinn its population of 17,592 (as of 1 November 2014) is relatively small. It mostly consists of private houses, instead of the large blocks of flats typical of some other districts of Tallinn, such as Lasnamäe and Mustamäe. Large parts of the district consist of newly built, modern buildings and houses. Pirita Beach is located in Pirita. Pirita is one of the most prestigious and wealthiest districts of Tallinn, partly thanks to natural benefits such as its beach and yachting harbour. Pirita beach is the largest in Tallinn, and in the summer can attract up to 30,000 visitors a day. Population Pirita has a population of 17,592 (). Subdistricts Pirita is divided into 9 subdistricts ( et, asum): Iru, Kloostrimetsa, Kose, Laiaküla, Lepiku, Maarjamäe, Merivälja, Mähe and Pirita. Landmarks * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirita Beach
Pirita is one of the eight administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Pirita occupies a relatively big area, but compared to other districts of Tallinn its population of 17,592 (as of 1 November 2014) is relatively small. It mostly consists of private houses, instead of the large blocks of flats typical of some other districts of Tallinn, such as Lasnamäe and Mustamäe. Large parts of the district consist of newly built, modern buildings and houses. Pirita Beach is located in Pirita. Pirita is one of the most prestigious and wealthiest districts of Tallinn, partly thanks to natural benefits such as its beach and yachting harbour. Pirita beach is the largest in Tallinn, and in the summer can attract up to 30,000 visitors a day. Population Pirita has a population of 17,592 (). Subdistricts Pirita is divided into 9 subdistricts ( et, asum): Iru, Kloostrimetsa, Kose, Laiaküla, Lepiku, Maarjamäe, Merivälja, Mähe and Pirita. Landmarks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirita (subdistrict)
Pirita is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located around the estuary of the Pirita River to the Tallinn Bay. The subdistrict has a population of 960 (). Pirita was selected as the venue of the sailing events for the 1980 summer Olympics. During the preparations for the Olympics, sports buildings were built in Tallinn including the Pirita Yachting Centre and the Hotel Olümpia. Pirita District Administration District Elder Tõnis Liinat Gallery File:Õhuvaade Pirita asumile.png, Aerial view of Pirita subdistrict. File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja.JPG, Pirita Beach File:EU-EE-TLN-PIRITA-Velodrome.JPG, Pirita Velodrome See also * Kloostrimets * Pirita Beach * Pirita Convent * Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit *Pirita River The Pirita ( et, Pirita jõgi) is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into Tallinn Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland) in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of the Pirita is 799 km2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merivälja
Merivälja (Estonian for ''"Sea Field"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located on the eastern coast of the Tallinn Bay, and is the northernmost subdistrict of Tallinn. Merivälja has a population of 3,088 (). It is the wealthiest subdistrict of the district of Pirita. See also *Pirita Beach Pirita is one of the eight administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Pirita occupies a relatively big area, but compared to other districts of Tallinn its population of 17,592 (as of 1 November 2014) is relati ... Gallery File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja.JPG, View to Merivälja from Pirita File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja-Merivälja street.JPG, End of Pirita Beach File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja-Downhill to Pirita.JPG, Downhill from Viimsi to Pirita File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja-Buildings in Merivälja.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Merivälja-Merivälja bus stop. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kose, Tallinn
Kose (Estonian for ''"Falls"''; also known as Pirita-Kose) is a subdistrict of the district of Pirita in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 3,351 (). Gallery File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kose-Kose 001.JPG File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kose-Kose 002.JPG File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kose-Lükati bus stop.JPG File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kose-Lükati street.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Jõekalda.JPG File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kose-Kose 003.JPG See also *Pirita River * Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit *Tallinn Botanic Garden Tallinn Botanic Garden ( et, Tallinna Botaanikaaed), is a botanical garden in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located on the right bank of the Pirita River, in the Kloostrimetsa forest in Pirita district. With an area of , it is the largest in Esto ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 '' maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kloostrimetsa
Kloostrimetsa (Estonian for "''Convent Forest''") is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It's located north of the Pirita River and is mostly covered by the park forest Kloostrimets (''Cloister Forest'', which name comes from the nearby Pirita monastery). Kloostrimetsa has a population of 80 (). Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn TV Tower, Metsakalmistu cemetery and Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit are located in Kloostrimetsa. Gallery File:Pirita river in Tallinn.JPG, Pirita River File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Kloostrimetsa 022.JPG, Kloostrimetsa forest in winter File:Jardín Botánico de Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-12, DD 01.JPG, The main building of Tallinn Botanic Garden. File:Tallinna Metsakalmistu kabel.jpg, Chapel of Metsakalmistu Metsakalmistu (meaning ''Forest Cemetery'') is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be a public medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirita Monastery
Pirita Convent ( et, Pirita klooster) was a monastery for both monks and nuns dedicated to St. Brigitta, located in the district of Pirita in Tallinn, Estonia. It functioned from 1407 to 1575. It was the largest convent in Livonia, and one of the largest in Northern Europe. History The idea of founding the monastery dates to merchants (H. Huxer, G. Kruse, H. Swalbart) of Tallinn of around 1400. In 1407, two monks from Vadstena Abbey arrived in Tallinn to counsel the merchants. The first permit to break dolomite to gather building material for building the complex was acquired in 1417. The convent was constructed under the supervision of the architect Heinrich Swalbart. The main church of the monastery was consecrated on 15 August 1436 by the Bishop of Tallinn Heinrich II. Several of the merchants who had originally proposed the monastery later became its monks. During its heyday, Pirita Convent became the largest Catholic monastery in Livonia. The decline of the conven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarjamäe
Maarjamäe (Estonian for ''"Maria's Hill"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,307 (). Landmarks and institutions *Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (Kase 61) Maarjamäe Palace Maarjamäe Palace is locating on the area of earlier ''Maarjamäe summer manor'' ( et, Maarjamäe suvemõis) being its main building. The castle was built in 1872. Estonian Encyclopaedia, nr 12. 2003. Page 322. Nowadays, the building is used by Estonian History Museum (administratively belongs to Kadriorg subdistrict). Gallery File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Maarjamäe-Kase-Pähkli.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Maarjamäe-Playground.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Maarjamäe-Kase street.JPG, File:EE-TLN-Pirita.JPG, View from Lasnamäe. File:MaarjamaeWarMemorial.jpg, World War II Memorial (administratively Kadriorg) See also * Maarjamäe Memorial *Estonian Academy of Security Sciences Estonian Academy of Securi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mähe
Mähe is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 5,957 (). Gallery File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Mähe.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Mähe-Kuusenõmme street.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Mähe-Ussilaka street.JPG, File:EU-EE-TLN-Pirita-Mähe.JPG, File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Pirita-Mähe-Randvere street.JPG, See also *Kloostrimets Kloostrimetsa ( Estonian for "''Convent Forest''") is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It's located north of the Pirita River and is mostly covered by the park forest Kloostrimets (''Cloister ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the southwest. The capital and largest city of Estonia, Tallinn, is situated in Harju County. Harju County is the largest county in Estonia in terms of population, as almost half (45%) of the Estonia's population lives in Harju County. History Ancient history The territory of modern Harju County consists mostly of two ancient Estonian counties: Revala, around what is now Tallinn, and Harjumaa, which was situated south of Revala and presently rests mostly in Rapla County. Lindanise, then a small trading post at the Gulf of Finland, served as the capital of Revala. It eventually grew into the mostly German-populated Hanseatic town of ''Reval'' and later into the Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iru, Tallinn
Iru is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 35 (). See also * Iru village (Jõelähtme Parish) * Pirita River *Iru Power Plant Iru Power Plant is a co-generation power plant in Iru village, Maardu, Estonia. It is owned by Enefit Green, a subsidiary of Eesti Energia. The plant has a heating capacity of . History The first unit of power plant was commissioned in 1978. In ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn Botanic Garden
Tallinn Botanic Garden ( et, Tallinna Botaanikaaed), is a botanical garden in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located on the right bank of the Pirita River, in the Kloostrimetsa forest in Pirita district. With an area of , it is the largest in Estonia. History The idea of founding a botanical garden in Tallinn first arose in the 1860s. It took almost 100 years for the idea to be realized. The garden was established on 1 December 1961 as a subordinate institution of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR and was developed over the following years. Major plant collections were planted during the first 20 years. The systematic open-air collections were opened for visitors in 1970 and the greenhouse collections in 1971. Originally, the main focus of research was the foreign species in Estonian context e.g. plant growth requirements and acclimatisation. From the 1970s research moved to the use of indigenous plant species in landscaping and horticulture ( Ülle Kukk, Vaike Paju, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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