Õismäe

The Õismäe (red) district in the Haabersti (yellow) district of Tallinn

Street in Õismäe.

Õismäe (in German "blossom mountain") is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located in the Haabersti district , six kilometers from Tallinn city center.

location

Õismäe has 942 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010). The municipality is located on the Bay of Kopli ( Kopli laht ) with its Baltic Sea beaches. The Estonian Open Air Museum ( Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum ) and the Õismäe bog ( Õismäe raba ) are in the immediate vicinity . The municipality is located northeast of Lake Harku ( Harku järv ).

history

The area was recorded in the Tallinn combing book in 1440 as Laddienpäh , Lapwenpe or Ladenpe, otherwise Hensinck . From 1549, the area's small settlements were administered by the Tallinn Forest Councilors. 1646 meadows and pastures were of Õismäe as hay- Heise participants mentioned ( neem = estn. "Peninsula").

A village called Eismeggi is mentioned for 1697 . On the map of the German Baltic geographer Ludwig August Mellin , the place is recorded as Essemeggi in 1798 .

In 1958 the eastern part of the then independent village Õismäe ( Õismäe küla ) was incorporated into the city of Tallinn. With the regional reform in 1975, the entire former area of the village Õismäe became part of Tallinn.

Today private houses predominate in the green, wooded garden city .

Web links

Commons : Õismäe - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 73.

59.430847222222 24.629266666667Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ' N , 24 ° 38' E

[1] Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Cologne, Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 73.