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Nelijärve
Aegviidu is a borough in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, most known for its picturesque surroundings and hiking trails. The borough is situated along the Tallinn-Narva railway and , housing both the Aegviidu TV Mast (107m) and the terminus of the Tallinn-Aegviidu railway line. As of November 22, 2022, the borough had a population of 695. Etymology Aegviidu was first mentioned in the will of Baron Johan von Bremen of Lehtse in 1522 as ''Agevidt'' farm. Before 1796, the area had also been referred to as ''Aykeuyte'', ''Aykwit'', ''Aigkewit'', ''Aigwido'', and ''Aegwiid''. In 1796, Count Ludwig August Mellin referred to the settlement as ''Aegwiid'' on his topographic map of the Tallinn Kreis, as part of . On the 1805 topographic map of the Governorate of Estonia, the settlement was referred to as ''Charlottenhof'' ('), on the 1840 topographic map of the Gulf of Finland as both ''Aigvitu'' (') and ''Charlotenhof'' ('), and on the 1844 topographic map of the Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegviidu TV Mast
Aegviidu is a List of boroughs in Estonia, borough in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, most known for its picturesque surroundings and hiking trails. The borough is situated along the Tallinn–Narva railway, Tallinn-Narva railway and , housing both the Aegviidu TV Mast (107m) and the terminus of the Tallinn-Aegviidu line, Tallinn-Aegviidu railway line. As of November 22, 2022, the borough had a population of 695. Etymology Aegviidu was first mentioned in the will of Baron Johan von Bremen of Lehtse in 1522 as ''Agevidt'' farm. Before 1796, the area had also been referred to as ''Aykeuyte'', ''Aykwit'', ''Aigkewit'', ''Aigwido'', and ''Aegwiid''. In 1796, Count Ludwig August Mellin referred to the settlement as ''Aegwiid'' on his topographic map of the Tallinn Kreis, as part of . On the 1805 topographic map of the Governorate of Estonia, the settlement was referred to as ''Charlottenhof'' ('), on the 1840 topographic map of the Gulf of Finland as both ''Aigvitu'' (') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegviidu Siniallikad (Aegviidu Blue Springs)
Aegviidu is a borough in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia, most known for its picturesque surroundings and hiking trails. The borough is situated along the Tallinn-Narva railway and , housing both the Aegviidu TV Mast (107m) and the terminus of the Tallinn-Aegviidu railway line. As of November 22, 2022, the borough had a population of 695. Etymology Aegviidu was first mentioned in the will of Baron Johan von Bremen of Lehtse in 1522 as ''Agevidt'' farm. Before 1796, the area had also been referred to as ''Aykeuyte'', ''Aykwit'', ''Aigkewit'', ''Aigwido'', and ''Aegwiid''. In 1796, Count Ludwig August Mellin referred to the settlement as ''Aegwiid'' on his topographic map of the Tallinn Kreis, as part of . On the 1805 topographic map of the Governorate of Estonia, the settlement was referred to as ''Charlottenhof'' ('), on the 1840 topographic map of the Gulf of Finland as both ''Aigvitu'' (') and ''Charlotenhof'' ('), and on the 1844 topographic map of the Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anija Commune
Anija Parish is a rural municipality in the eastern part of Harju County, Estonia. The administrative center of the parish is the town of Kehra, while the borough of Aegviidu and the village of Alavere are also notable. In total, the parish consists of 33 settlements. As of January 1, 2023, the parish had a population of 6431 people. Early history According to the Danish Census Book of 1241, the western part of the modern Anija Parish was split between the Ancient-Estonian counties of Revala and Harju. More specifically the northern parts of the modern parish were located in the ancient of Revala county and included the villages of Aavere, Anija, Kõlu, Soodla, Kihmla, Pirsu, Kehra, and Parila. Kaersoo, which is also mentioned in the book, was divided between the modern villages of Sambu and Salumäe in 1977. It is speculated that some parts of the modern Linnakse were once a part of the relatively large ancient village of ''Saintakæ'', which eventually becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jäneda
Jäneda () is a small village in northern Estonia. It is located in Lääne-Viru County (from autumn 2005) and is a part of Tapa Parish, Tapa municipality. History Jäneda hill fort Jäneda hill fort was a hill fort used from the 10th to the 12th century. It consisted by a rampart reaching approximately , surrounding a triangular courtyard. There were two towers at the entrance at the southern end and, possibly, another tower at the northern end. The fort was surrounded by a moat. Jäneda manor Jäneda manor was founded as an estate before 1510. The estate has belonged to several different aristocratic families. The present building was built 1913-1915 in an eclectic Art Nouveau style with strong Gothic Revival architecture, neo-Gothic influences. In 1922, the interiors were rebuilt after designs by architect Anton Lembit Soans. Estonian composer Urmas Sisask has furnished a planetarium at the top of the tower. In the early 1900s the manor was owned by Countess, later Barone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn Kreis
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 administratively lies in the Harju County, Harju ''Counties of Estonia, maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, 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; it is 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 Names of Tallinn in different languages, name Reval. “Reval” received Lübeck law, Lübeck city rights in 1248; however, the earliest evidence of human settlement in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorate Of Estonia
The Governorate of Estonia, also known as the Esthonia (Estland) Governorate, was a province (''guberniya'') and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire. It was located in the northern Estonia with some islands in the West Estonian archipelago, including Hiiumaa and Vormsi. Previously, the Reval Governorate existed during Peter the Great, Peter I's reign and was confirmed by the Treaty of Nystad, which ceded territory from Swedish Empire, Sweden to the newly established Russian Empire. The Estonia Governorate was established in 1796 when Paul I of Russia, Paul I's reforms abolished the Reval Viceroyalty. The port city of History of Tallinn, Reval (known in Russian as Revel, contemporary Tallinn) was the administrative centre where the governor had his seat. From the 1850s to 1914, the Estonian national awakening influenced and characterized the governorate by general modernization, the reorganization into a modern European society, and the success of the newly em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Finland
The Gulf of Finland (; ; ; ) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the gulf belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located there, including Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Primorsk. As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the gulf is of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the Baltic Sea#Environmental status, environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf. Proposals for an undersea tunnel, undersea Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel through the gulf have been made. Geography The Gulf of Finland has an area of . The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is and the width varies from near the entrance to on the meridian of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events (or the intervals between them), and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the qualia, conscious experience. Time is often referred to as a fourth dimension, along with Three-dimensional space, three spatial dimensions. Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in both the International System of Units (SI) and International System of Quantities. The SI base unit of time is the second, which is defined by measuring the electronic transition frequency of caesium atoms. General relativity is the primary framework for understanding how spacetime works. Through advances in both theoretical and experimental investigations of spacetime, it has been shown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of The Manor
Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate. The titles date to the English Feudalism, feudal (specifically English feudal barony, baronial) system. The lord enjoyed Manorialism, manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seignory, the right to grant or draw benefit from the estate (for example, as a landlord). The title is not a peerage or title of upper nobility (although the holder could also be a peer) but was a relationship to land and how it could be used and those living on the land (tenants) may be deployed, and the broad estate and its inhabitants administered. The title continues in modern England and Wales as a legally recognised form of property that can be held independently of its historical rights. It may belong entirely to one person or be a moiety title, moiety shared with other people. The title is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonianization
Estonianisation is the changing of one's personal names from other languages into Estonian. Less often, the term has also been applied in the context of the development of Estonian language, culture and identity within educational and other state institutions through various programmes. Family names Before 1918, when Estonia became an independent country, around halfGeorge Kurman, ''The Development Of Written Estonian'', Routledge 1997, , page 85 of the country's ethnic Estonian population carried foreign language (mostly German) or "foreign-sounding", i.e. non-Estonian surnames. In the 1920s, and especially in the 1930s, the government promoted a nationwide voluntary "surname Estonianization campaign". During the campaign about 200.000 of Estonian citizens chose a new surname to replace their original family name. A smaller part of the people also Estonianized their first name(s) at the same time. The Estonianization of names stopped almost completely after the Soviet Union inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
