Vorbuse is a village in Tartu urban municipality,

Tartu County Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of ...

in southern

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 ...

. It's located northwest of the city of

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast o ...

, about from the city centre. Vorbuse is bordered by the

Emajõgi Emajõgi (; meaning ''"Mother River"'') is a river in Estonia which flows from Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipsi, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 100 km. The Emajõgi is somet ...

River to the northeast and by the

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

–

road (part of E263) to the south. The Tallinn–Tartu railway passes through the village and crosses the Emajõgi over the Jänese railway bridge. As of

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, the village's population was 258. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, Vorbuse was located in

Tähtvere Parish Tähtvere Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. In 2017, it was merged into Tartu City municipality. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Ilmatsalu - Märja ;Villages: Haage - Ilmatsalu - Kandiküla - Kardla - Pihva - Rahinge - R� ...

. Wrestler

August Pikker August Pikker (4 February 1889 – 10 March 1976) was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the light heavyweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officia ...

(1889–1976) was born in Vorbuse.

Gallery

File:Jänese railway bridge.jpg, Jänese railway bridge over

between Vorbuse and

Maramaa Maramaa is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in Estonia. (retrieved 10 March 2020) References

Villages in Tartu County Kreis Dorpat {{Tartu-geo-stub ...

villages. File:Jänese raudteesild.JPG, File:Valgussambad Vorbusel.JPG,

Light pillar A light pillar is an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above and/or below a light source. The effect is created by the reflection of light from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosp ...

s in Vorbuse

References

Villages in Tartu County {{tartu-geo-stub