Nõmme (Haapsalu)
Coordinates: 58 ° 56 ' N , 23 ° 27' E
Nõmme is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the municipality of Haapsalu (until 2017: rural municipality of Ridala ) in Lääne County in Estonia .
Population and location
The place has 26 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011). It is located six kilometers east of the core city of Haapsalu.
Cape Pullapää
North of the village, the headland Pullapää (German Pullapae ) protrudes into the Baltic Sea .
In 1391 the Swedish-speaking village of Pullenpe was first mentioned in a document. The area by the bay of Haapsalu ( Haapsalu laht ) is now popular with nature tourists. The up to six meter high Klint and the 16 meter high Klindimägi in a deciduous forest offer a wide view over the sea. To the west of it extends the Pinukse peninsula.
In 1896 a memorial to the late Russian Tsar Alexander III was erected on Pullapää . built. Alexander III had vacationed in the area with his family in 1871 and 1880. The monument was badly damaged in the revolutionary year 1917, but was later partially restored.
In 1939 the Red Army declared the peninsula a closed zone and built a missile base there.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985 (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1), ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 471f.
Web links
- Pullapää Peninsula ( Eesti Entsüklopeedia )
- 360 degree panoramic photo