Kakumäe

Location of Kakumäe (red) in the Haabersti district of Tallinn (yellow)

Sunset in front of Kakumäe

Kakumäe is a municipality ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . The district is located in the Haabersti district .

description

Kakumäe has 1,262 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010).

Kakumäe is the northwesternmost urban district of the Estonian capital. It is located on the tip of the peninsula of the same name, four kilometers long ( Kakumäe neem or Kakumäe poolsaar ). To the west is the Bay of Kakumäe ( Kakumäe laht ), to the east is the Bay of Kopli ( Kopli laht ).

Kakumäe is now a preferred residential area for Tallinn's urban population. With its beaches, the cliff with a wide view over the Gulf of Finland and a largely natural landscape, it also attracts numerous day-trippers. There is also a marina in Kakumäe .

history

The village of Kakumäe (German Kakomäggi ) was first mentioned in 1697. The name probably comes from the stream of the same name that flowed from Lake Harku towards the Baltic Sea . A "bridge over the Kakamaye" is documented as early as 1469.

In 1975 the village of Kakumäe was incorporated into the city of Tallinn.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. 
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. 168.

Coordinates: 59 ° 27 '  N , 24 ° 35'  E