Vana Mustamäe

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Vana-Mustamäe (red) district in Tallinn's Nõmme (yellow) district
The so-called "Glehn'sche Friedhof" ( Glehni rahula ) in Vana-Mustamäe

Vana-Mustamäe (in German "Alt-Schwarzberg") is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located in the Nõmme district .

Description and history

Vana-Mustamäe has 2,091 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010). Its area is 1.75 square kilometers.

The area was first mentioned in 1371 under the name Hohenhaupt .

Only when the area was acquired by the Baltic German nobleman Nikolai von Glehn (1841–1923) at the end of the 19th century did systematic development emerge. In 1886 von Glehn's eccentric "castle" with the spacious park and other extravagant buildings such as the Palm House (1898/1900), an observation tower (1910) and a miniature castle for von Glehn's grandchildren was completed. When Glehn's wife Caroline died in 1896, the nobleman had a burial place built with ponds and bridges. Other members of the von Glehn family were later buried there.

After the Estonian declaration of independence at the end of World War I , the von Glehn family left Estonia in 1923. In 1934 the then independent town of Nõmme became the owner of the large estate.

Especially in the interwar period , Vana-Mustamäe became a popular area for building new homes. In 1936 a popular café with outdoor pools and later a sports center in Vana-Mustamäe were built.

Like all of Nõmme, Vana-Mustamäe was incorporated into the Estonian capital Tallinn in 1940.

Web links

Commons : Vana-Mustamäe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tallinn.ee
  2. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?CatID=203
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.postimees.ee

Coordinates: 59 ° 23 '  N , 24 ° 39'  E