Pääsküla

Pääsküla (red) district in Tallinn's Nõmme (yellow) district

The historic Pääsküla train station from 1926

Pääsküla is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located in the Nõmme district .

description

The city district has 9,571 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010). Its area is 5.95 square kilometers. The Pääsküla River ( Pääsküla jõgi ) flows through the district . In the Pääskülas area there is also the nine square kilometer Pääsküla moor ( Pääsküla raba ).

The village Pääsküla (German Paeskülla ) was first mentioned in 1241 in the Liber Census Daniæ . In the 16th century it was owned by the Teutonic Order .

Between 1912 and 1917, a garden city called "Petershof" ( Estonian Peetri aedlinn ) was built near the village . It was united in April 1923 with the city of Nõmme (German Nömme ). In 1940, like all of Nõmme, it was incorporated into the city of Tallinn.

Web links

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

• History of Pääsküla (Estonian)

Individual evidence

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. 
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. 419.

Coordinates: 59 ° 22 '  N , 24 ° 38'  E