Raasiku (village)
Raasiku | ||
State : | Estonia | |
Circle : | Harju | |
Coordinates : | 59 ° 22 ′ N , 25 ° 11 ′ E | |
Residents : | 1,340 (2008) | |
Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | |
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Raasiku (German: Rasik ) is a village ( Estonian alevik ) in Estonia in Harju County in the Raasiku municipality ( Raasiku vald ).
description
The place is located 29 kilometers from the Estonian capital Tallinn on the Jõelähtme River .
In Raasiku there is a comprehensive school , a cultural center , a hospital , a pharmacy , the Oravake kindergarten , a library , a supermarket , two shops , a church and two cemeteries .
The Raasiku station on the important railway line between Tallinn and Tapa is well known .
Personalities
The brothers Woldemar Hermann von Löwenstern (* December 8, 1776 - January 21, 1858 in Saint Petersburg) and Johann Peter Eduard von Löwenstern (* March 28, 1790 - November 5, 1837 in Astrakhan, Russia) were born on Gut Rasik , who were both officers in the Russian service and were awarded the order Pour le Mérite and rose to major general .