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Wanradt–Koell Catechism
The Wanradt–Koell Catechism () is a partly preserved book that is considered the oldest printed source of Estonian. The oldest known examples of handwritten Estonian appear in 13th-century chronicles. The book was compiled by the clergymen and . The book was published in 1535 in Wittenberg. Fragments from the book were discovered in 1929 by the historian Hellmuth Weiss. See also * Timeline of early Estonian publications This is the timeline of notable early Estonian publications, along with links to the articles discussing them. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Time ! Publication ! Person ! Remarks , - , 1535 , Wanradt–Koell Catechism , by and , the oldest ( ... References Further reading * A. Saareste. Esimese eestikeelse raamatu Wanradt-Kõlli katekismuse keelest (Tartu, 1930) * Wanradt-Kõlli katekismuse katked a. 1535 (Tartu, 1931) * H. Weiss. 400-aastane eesti raamat: Wanradt-Koell'i katekismus 1535. aastast (Tallinn, 1935) * Eesti wanima raamatu Wanradt-Koell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language and the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin script and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the European Union. Estonian is spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 elsewhere. Classification By Convention (norm), conventions of historical linguistics, Estonian is classified as a part of the Finnic languages, Finnic (a.k.a. Baltic Finnic) branch of the Uralic languages, Uralic (a.k.a. Uralian, or Finno-Ugric languages, Finno-Ugric) language family. Other Finnic languages include Finnish language, Finnish and several endangered languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is typically subclassified as a Southern Finnic language, and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Maltese language, Maltese, Estonian is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittenberg
Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German federal capital city of Berlin, and has a population of 46,008 (2018). Wittenberg has close connections with Martin Luther (1483–1546) and the 16th century religious / theological movement of Protestantism begun here in the Reformation, and the large branch of Western Christianity started here of Lutheranism, Evangelical Lutheranism, for which it received the honorific title ''Lutherstadt'' and has been called the "cradle of the Reformation" and "cradle of Protestantism". Several of Wittenberg's buildings are associated with the historical / religious events, including a preserved part of the Augustinians, Augustinian monastery of the local community of the world-wide Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Order of St. Augustine in which Luth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellmuth Weiss
Hellmuth Weiss (23 October 1900 Tallinn – 10 April 1992 Marburg, Germany) was a Baltic-German historian and politician, and an activist of the German minority in Estonia. He was a member of the Estonian National Assembly Estonian National Assembly () was a bicameral national assembly which was convened after the 1936 Estonian National Assembly referendum received popular support to draft a new constitution. The First Chamber had 80 members and was elected (althou ... (). References 1900 births 1992 deaths People of Baltic German descent 20th-century German historians Members of the Estonian National Assembly German politicians Nazi Party members Politicians from Tallinn Estonian emigrants to Germany {{Estonia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Early Estonian Publications
This is the timeline of notable early Estonian publications, along with links to the articles discussing them. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Time ! Publication ! Person ! Remarks , - , 1535 , Wanradt–Koell Catechism , by and , the oldest (partially) preserved Estonian language book, printed in Wittenberg , - , 1524–1532 , Kullamaa Manuscript , , the oldest source containing longer texts in Estonian , - , 1622 , Agenda Parva , unknown , the oldest book which in some places using South Estonian , - , 1633 , Historische Prodromus des Lieffländischen Rechtens und Reglements , by {{Interlanguage link, Friedrich Menius, sv , first book published in Estonia , - , 1641, 1649 , Leyen Spiegel , by Heinrich Stahl , first book printed in Estonia and using Estonian language, Estonian. This sermon book, published in two volumes, ran parallel in German language, German and Estonian language, Estonian. , - , 1739 , a Bible , by Jacob Johann Köhler , the first printing of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Books
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hip ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
