Tiskre

The Tiskre (red) district in the Haabersti (yellow) district of Tallinn

New buildings in Tiskre on the shores of the Baltic Sea (2010). In the background the towers of the city of Tallinn.

Tiskre (German Tischer ) is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located in the Haabersti district .

description

Tiskre is the westernmost district of Tallinn. It was separated from the homonymous village of Tiskre ( Tiskre küla ) in the rural municipality of Harku in 1975 and incorporated into the city of Tallinn. The name Tiskre has been used since 1522 ( Tiszkeranne ) or 1531 ( Diskerkulle ) and 1641 ( Tischker ).

Tiskre borders the Baltic Sea with the Bay of Kakumäe . The stream Tiskre oja flows through the district .

Tiskre today has 1,507 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010). Numerous new buildings for the Estonian upper class characterize the cityscape.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?CatID=273&ItemID=391
2. ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen & Gertrud Westermann (eds.), Baltic historical local dictionary, Part I: Estonia (including Northern Livonia), Cologne & Vienna (Böhlau) 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 597.
3. ↑ 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. 

Coordinates: 59 ° 26 '  N , 24 ° 34'  E