Tornimäe is a village in

Saaremaa Parish Saaremaa Parish, also known as Saaremaa Municipality (), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland a ...

Saare County Saare County ( or ''Saaremaa''; ; ; ; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abruka and Vilsandi. The county borders Lääne Count ...

in western

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in

Pöide Parish Pöide Parish was a municipality in Saare County, Estonia. The municipality covered an area of 123.6 km2 (47.7 mi2) and had a population of 953 (as of 1 January 2006). During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 munici ...

. Tornimäe street and unofficial neighbourhood (literally "Tower Hill") in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, site of most high-rise buildings in Tallinn, is named after one of its local residents, who was from Tornimäe village in Saaremaa.Postimees
Jaani seegil aitasid elus püsida mitmed külad, jahuveski ja kõrts
Retrieved 30 April 2020.

References

Villages in Saare County {{Saare-geo-stub