Sinimäe
Coordinates: 59 ° 22 ' N , 27 ° 45' E
Sinimäe is a village ( Estonian alevik ) in the rural municipality of Vaivara ( Vaivara vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .
Description and history
The village of Sinimäe has 372 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012).
Sinimäe is the main town in the rural municipality of Vaivara . It was built in the 1950s on the site of the previous village, which was completely destroyed in the heavy fighting between the Red Army and the German Wehrmacht from February to September 1944.
In 2008 a lookout tower was inaugurated in Sinimäe, with which the visitor can see the site of the battle for the bridgehead of Narva . At the primary school in Sinimäe there are memorial plaques for the Norwegian, Danish and Flemish soldiers who fought on the side of the Germans against the Soviet troops.
Web links
- Description and history (Estonian)
