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Tõstamaa
Tõstamaa is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. Tõstamaa has a population of 466 (as of 1 January 2020). Tõstamaa St. Mary's Lutheran church was built in 1763–1768. Tõstamaa Manor Tõstamaa Manor (german: Testama) was first mentioned in 1553 as ''Testama'', when it belonged to the Bishop of Ösel–Wiek. Later the owners have been the Kursells, Helmersens and Staël von Holsteins. The Early-Classical two-storey main building was built in 1804. During a renovation in 1997, several original painted ceilings were uncovered. The manor was dispossessed in 1919 and since 1921 a local school ( Tõstamaa Keskkool) is operating in the main building. The most famous inhabitant of the manor is probably orientalist Alexander von Staël-Holstein, who grew up and spent his childhood at the manor. Notable people * Ellinor Aiki (1893-1969), painter, born in Tõstamaa * Urmas Eero Liiv (born 1966), film director, born in Tõstamaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tõstamaa Parish
Tõstamaa Parish ( et, Tõstamaa vald) was a rural municipality in southwestern Estonia. It was a part of Pärnu County. The municipality had a population of 1,572 (as of 1 January 2009) and covered an area of 261.01 km2. Tõstamaa Parish covered part of the flat seashore of western Pärnu County, a low, swampy coastal area bordered by an elevated chain of sand dunes. Behind the dunes spreads a slightly wavy drumlin, where higher places have been reclaimed, but lower ones have remained swampy or meadowland and covered with scattered foliage. And, although Tõstamaa should mean "high land", its populace have long lived not off the land, but off the sea. Several islands and islets in the Gulf of Riga, including Sorgu and Manilaid, belong to Tõstamaa Parish. Tõstamaa is home to the historic Tõstamaa Keskkool. Settlements ;Small borough: Tõstamaa ;Villages: Alu - Ermistu - Kastna - Kavaru - Kiraste - Kõpu - Lao - Lõuka - Manija - Männikuste - Päraküla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellinor Aiki
Ellinor Aiki (11 January 1893 – 25 October 1969)Vaal Galeri. Retrieved 12 May 2016. was an painter who is possibly best recalled for her works in later life of vibrant and colorful, heavily textured portraits, landscapes and compositions interspersed with whimsical motifs. Early life Born Ellinor Blumenfeldt into an ethnically Estonian family in , she would later change her surname to Aiki in 1935. At age six she suffered a debil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Von Staël-Holstein
Alexander Wilhelm Freiherr Staël von Holstein (, January 1, 1877, in Testama manor, Governorate of Livonia, Russian EmpireMarch 16, 1937, in Peiping, Republic of China); was a Baltic German aristocrat, Russian and Estonian orientalist, sinologist, and Sanskritologist specializing in Buddhist texts. Life Related to Germaine de Staël's husband, the future baron was born in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Estonia),in an aristocratic family (with widespread relations in other German Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire, Sweden and Northern Germany) on New Year's Day. He was educated at home during his childhood. When he reached 15, he was sent to a Gymnasium in the town of Pernau (now Pärnu). He pursued his higher education at the Dorpat University (Tartu), where some of his families had studied, majoring in comparative philology. After his graduation, he left for Germany, studying oriental languages in the Berlin University. Prussian publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Uritamm
Artur Uritamm (9 September 1901 in Tõstamaa – 8 July 1982 in Pärnu) was an Estonian classical composer, organist and pedagogue. Uritamm was a student of Artur Kapp at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1937. He was on the faculty of the same school from 1940 until 1941, during which time he received a number of awards for his compositions. Tiring of the academic atmosphere and unable to find a position at the conservatories in Leningrad or Moscow, he resigned to work in a mill in Koluvere, managed by his brother. He was asked by Artur Kapp, then director of the Conservatory, to reconsider his decision, and he returned to his alma mater in 1945, staying until 1946 and teaching music theory. During the latter period he also served as the director of the Estonian Music Foundation and as the music editor of the newspaper ''Hammer and Sickle''. He was ousted from his positions by the Soviets in 1946; he was also expelled from the Composers' Union for refusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmas Eero Liiv
Urmas Eero Liiv (born 17 November 1966, in Tõstamaa, Pärnu County) is an Estonian film and television director. 2001-2012 he was the creative leader ( et, loovjuht) of the television channel Kanal 2. Since 2021 he is the creative leader of TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to: Television * Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso * Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala *Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EP ...'s television channels. Filmography * "Must alpinist" 2015 (feature film) * "Kiirtee põrgusse" 2019 (feature film) * "Mimikri" 1999 (documentary film) * "Inimene kadus" 2000 (documentary film) * "Teine Arnold" 2002 (documentary film) * "Kaali saladus" 2003 (documentary film) * "Palju õnne!" 2004 (documentary film) * "Casting" 2006 (documentary film) * "Tervitusi Nõukogude Eestist!" 2007 (documentary film) * "Pronksöö: vene mäss Tallinnas" 2007 (documentary film) * "Staarmaakas" 2010 (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Estonia
A municipality ( et, omavalitsus, plural ) is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country. Municipalities in Estonia are of two types: *Urban municipalities or towns (, singular ) *Rural municipalities or parishes (, singular ). There is no other status distinction between them. Municipalities may contain one or several settlements. All but 5 urban municipalities ( Haapsalu, Narva-Jõesuu, Paide, Pärnu and Tartu) plus 1 rural municipality ( Ruhnu) contain only one settlement. As of 2017, there are no longer any "borough-parishes", i.e. rural municipalities with only one borough-type settlement. Ruhnu Parish contains only one village and is therefore a "village-parish". Some municipalities are divided into districts. The 8 urban districts (, singular ) of Tallinn have limited self-government, while ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Estonia
Populated places in 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, and t ... (officially: settlement units), are cities or settlement units of rural municipalities, but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements and urban regions et, asum (subdivisions of cities). Officially there are five types of settlement units in Estonia: *town/city ( et, linn) *town without municipal status () *borough () *small borough () *village () See also * Municipalities of Estonia * List of cities and towns in Estonia * Counties of Estonia Notes External links Place Names Board of Estonia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staël Von Holstein
The Staël von Holstein family is a Baltic German Baronial family originating from Westphalia. History The family, which originated from ancient Rhenish-German nobility, came to Sweden from Livonia during the 17th century via the Polish Major Hildebrand Staël. The family was naturalized as Swedish Nobility on 14 October 1652, and the family was introduced at the Swedish House of Knights on 20 September 1675. Currently the family has been divided in rank and station: one side of the family was raised to baronial status (Swedish: Friherrelig) in Sweden; another, to baronial level within the Russian Empire in 1869. The family has also been introduced in the Estonian and Latvian Houses of Nobility. Famous representatives of the house in chronological order: *Johann Stael von Holstein (died 1512), Member of the Livonian Order and Vogt of Järvamaa *Matthias Stael von Holstein (died 1649) * Jakob Staël von Holstein (1628–1679), Swedish military officer and Marshall von Livoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boroughs And Small Boroughs In Estonia
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points (Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmersen
The Helmersen family (earlier ''Helmes'') was noble family which roots came from Hamburg, Germany. Helmersens lived in Sweden and Imperial Russia, including the Governorate of Livonia and Governorate of Estonia. In 1651, Swedish Queen Christina gave noble status to Paul and Johann Helmes and they became von Helmersen. Notable members *Gregor von Helmersen *Vasily Helmersen Wilhelm Paul Christian Nikolai von Helmersen (russian: Василий Васильевич Гельмерсен, tr. ; August 23, 1873 – December 9, 1937) was a Baltic German artist and book illustrator. He is known mostly for his illustration ... References Further reading * ''Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften'', Teil 1, Livland, Bd. 2, Lfg. 9-15, Görlitz 1929, S. 816–83(digitalized)* ''Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften'', Teil 2, Estland, Bd. 3, Görlitz, 1930, S. 369–37* ''Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft'', Görlitz, 1935, S, 507– 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
