Himmaste (
Võro
Võro may refer to:
* Võro people, an ethnic group of Estonia
* Võro language, a language belonging to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages of Estonia
* Võro Institute, the governing organization of the Võro language
* Õil ...
: Himmastõ) is a settlement in
Põlva Parish
Põlva Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia.
On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km2.
In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate m ...
,
Põlva County
Põlva County ( or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 23,989 people live in Põlva County – constituting 1.8% of the total popula ...
in southeastern
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 ...
.
Folklorist, theologist, linguist and national awakening figure
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt ( – ) was an Estonian folklorist, nationalist, and theologian. He was a major figure in the Estonian national awakening and worked as a pastor in Otepää and Saint Petersburg. While he was president of the Society of Estonian Lit ...
(1839–1907) was born as the son of a local schoolteacher in Himmaste.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Villages in Põlva County
Kreis Werro
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