Rannu

	Rannu
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State :	Estonia
Circle :	Tartu
Coordinates :	58 ° 21 ′ N , 26 ° 19 ′ E Coordinates: 58 ° 21 ′ N , 26 ° 19 ′ E
Area :	158.1 km²
Residents :	1,745 (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	EET (UTC + 2)
Community type:	former rural community
Website :	www.rannu.ee

Rannu (German: Randen ) is a former rural community in the Estonian district of Tartu with an area of 158.1 km². It had 1745 inhabitants (2010). Rannu has been part of the rural community of Elva since 2017 . The administrative seat was the village of Vallapalu. The municipality also included the villages of Ervu, Järveküla, Kaarlijärve, Kipastu, Koopsi, Kulli, Kureküla, Neemisküla, Noorma, Paju, Sangla, Suure-Rakke, Tamme, Utukolga, Väike-Rakke, Vehendi and Verevi.

The vassal castle Randen was first mentioned in 1288. It was destroyed in the Livonian War in 1558.

In 1800 the pastor Friedrich Seider in Randen was exiled to Siberia because of the possession of banned books, which caused a considerable stir at the time.

Dairy farming, rapeseed cultivation and the construction of log houses are economically important . The coastal strip at Võrtsjärv with its 8 m high cliffs is worth seeing . From a cultural point of view , a visit to the Tamme manor house (German: Tammenhof ), which was built in the 17th century, is worthwhile .

Great personalities

Barbara von Tisenhusen , 1533–1553, historical model for the opera of the same name
Friedrich Samuel Seider , 1766–1834, pastor in Randen, banned for owning banned books
Ernst Enno , 1875–1934, Estonian poet and children's book author
Siegfried von Sivers , 1887–1956, Baltic German activist, doctor and writer
Herbert Tampere , 1909–1975, Estonian folklorist and musicologist

Web links

Rannu Rural Community website (in Estonian)

Map of the rural community of Rannu with its villages

Individual evidence

↑ Friedrich Seider: The agony at the high court or story of the unhappy tolerator F. Seiders, former preacher to Randen in Esthland, told by himself. A side piece to the strangest year of my life by A. v. Kotzebue. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim, 1803. The book was probably not written by Seider himself.
↑ Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner: Art. Seider, Friedrich Samuel . In: Lexicon of German-Language Literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg. From the Middle Ages to the present . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , Vol. 3: N – Z , pp. 1186–1187, here p. 1186.

[1] Friedrich Seider: The agony at the high court or story of the unhappy tolerator F. Seiders, former preacher to Randen in Esthland, told by himself. A side piece to the strangest year of my life by A. v. Kotzebue. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim, 1803. The book was probably not written by Seider himself.

[2] Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner: Art. Seider, Friedrich Samuel . In: Lexicon of German-Language Literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg. From the Middle Ages to the present . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , Vol. 3: N – Z , pp. 1186–1187, here p. 1186.