Tallinn Forest Cemetery
Coordinates: 59 ° 28 ′ 11 ″ N , 24 ° 52 ′ 14 ″ E
The Tallinn Forest Cemetery ( Estonian Tallinna Metsakalmistu ) is the celebrity cemetery of the Republic of Estonia .
Tallinn Forest Cemetery was established in the Kloostrimetsa district in 1933 . It was officially inaugurated in 1939. At that time it covered an area of 24.2 hectares and has since been increased to 48.4 hectares.
In the forest cemetery, the calm and unshaped naturalness of the landscape and the forest dominate. The graves themselves should fit into nature through modesty. There are therefore no great grave monuments. The height of the tombstones is limited to 1.5 m.
In 1936 a small chapel was built on the site , which was renovated in 1996.
The Metsakalmistu has been a burial place for the important figures of Estonia since its foundation. In 1933 the writer Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried there.
Personalities (selection)
- Politicians: Konstantin Konik , Lennart Meri , Konstantin Päts , Artur Vader , Aleksander Varma
- Artists: August Alle , Eduard Bornhöhe , Heino Eller , Gustav Ernesaks , Eduard Hubel , Albert Kivikas , Lydia Koidula , Hendrik Krumm , Mati Kuulberg , Ants Lauter , Georg Ots , Adolf Vedro , Voldemar Panso , Johannes Semper , Juhan Smuul , Lepo Sumera , Anton Hansen Tammsaare , Friedebert Tuglas , Raimond Valgre , Eduard Vilde
- Athletes: Paul Keres , Johannes Kotkas , Kristjan Palusalu
