Nõo () is a

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() in

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, in southern

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. It's located about 15 km southwest of the city of

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by the Tartu– Valga–

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railway and the

European route E264 European route E 264 is a Class B road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Jõhvi, Estonia, and ends in Inčukalns, Latvia. E264 consists of Estonian main road no. 3 and Latvian main road A3. The entire route is part of ...

(also known as Via Hanseatica). Nõo is the administrative centre of

Nõo Parish Nõo Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Nõo - Tõravere ;Villages: Aiamaa - Altmäe - Etsaste - Enno - Illi - Järiste - Kääni - Keeri - Ketneri - Kolga - Laguja - Luke - Meeri - ...

. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,492. Nõo was first mentioned in 1319 as ''Nughen'' and as a separate church parish in 1483, during the times when it belonged to the

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. Nõo St. Laurence Lutheran Church is believed to have been built around the 1250s to 1260s. According to

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schooling took place in Nõo already in 1686. Since 1688 a local parish school has been working in Nõo. In 1953 the primary school was reorganized as a secondary school. In 1965 a computing centre was established, the school was given the first school computer in the

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– the Ural-1. In 1994 Nõo school was separated into Nõo Secondary Science Gymnasium (Nõo Reaalgümnaasium) and Nõo Primary School (Nõo Põhikool).

Notable people

* Jaak Järv (1852–1920), writer and journalist; worked as a teacher in Nõo school *

Helen Klaos Helen Klaos ( Reino; born 25 January 1983) is an Estonian badminton player. Career She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round to Mia Audina Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a for ...

(Helen Reino, born 1983), badminton player *Juhan Kotkas (1878–1963), violist and composer; was born in Nõo *

Aleksander Läte Aleksander Läte (12 January 1860, in Pikasilla, Valga County, Pikasilla, Aakre Parish, Kreis Dorpat – 8 September 1948, in Tartu) was an Estonian composer, conductor and music critic. He is also known as the first Estonian professional music c ...

(1860–1948), composer; worked at the Nõo school 1883–1900 * Martin Lipp (1854–1923), poet; served as the pastor of Nõo church * Ado Reinvald (1847–1922), writer; lived in Nõo * Harald Tammur (1917–2001). Lutheran pastor of Nõo St. Lawrence Lutheran church from 1954 until 1979 *

Eduard Tubin Eduard Tubin ( – 17 November 1982) was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer. Life Tubin was born in Torila, Tartu County, Governorate of Livonia, then part of the Russian Empire. Both his parents were music lovers, and his fath ...

(1905–1982), composer and conductor; worked as a teacher in Nõo school

Gallery

Nõo raamatukogu l2hemalt.JPG, Nõo library and municipal building Nõo õigeusu kirik.JPG, Nõo Orthodox Holy Trinity Church

References

External links

Nõo Parish

Tourist Information Tartu and Tartu County - Nõo
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