Pirita

Pirita ( German Bridget, sometimes St. Brigid ) is in the northeast on the Tallinn Bay (Estonian Tallinna Laht ) situated suburb of Tallinn. There you will find the built to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Olympic marina - now a sailing center - and the ruins of the medieval St. Bridget Convent. Model for the Soviet builders in the construction of the marina was the architecture and the arrangement of the Olympic Centre of Kiel- Schilksee. Here ends the Pirita Jõgi in the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Olympic sailing events in 1980 took place.

Population

Pirita has according to the last census in 2011 a population of 16,165 inhabitants. In this case outweigh the Estonian population with 76.8 %. The Russian-speaking population includes 20.9%, less than half the average share in Tallinn.

Townships

Pirita is divided into nine districts: Iru, Kloostrimetsa, Kose, Laiaküla, Lepiku, Maarjamäe, Mow, Merivälja and Pirita.

Attractions

Pirita, located on the northeast side of the Tallinn Bay on the Baltic Sea in summer is a favorite because of its wide stretch of sandy beach destination for Estonians. In the history of Estonia, it has played a major role.

Birgittenkloster

At the Pirita River, not far from the coast, there are the ruins of a monastery of the Order of Birgitt 1436th are preserved nave and front sides, to some grave stones. More recently, the foundations of the cloister and the Economic and residential buildings have been excavated. In its heyday, this was the largest church building in northern Europe; destroyed during the Livonian War in 1577, he remained only a ruin. In addition to the historic grounds of the convent is now home to a new woman Convention, which was also built from the typical for this region yellowish- gray limestone.

Song Festival Grounds

Southwest of Pirita is another cultural monument of Estonia, the Lauluväljak ( German songs place). The Estonians gather here since 1865 every five years to a great song festival. The current singer stage is an example of the Estonian modernist architecture, it comes from Henno Sepmann from the year 1960.

The tradition of singing as a reminder and as a way of rebellion - functions of singing that have faded in the rest of Europe - have helped the Estonians to insure their endangered cultural identity. Corresponding significance had their banned by the Soviets songs that were played here for the first time in 1988 again, along with the demand for national independence. Under the heading of the Singing Revolution, the restoration of national sovereignty of the Baltic states has gone down in history.

Maarjamäe ( Marienberg )

Also southwest of Pirita is the estate Maarjamäe ( German Marienberg ). He was the longest period of his history of the Russian noble family Davydov Orlov. Today it houses exhibits from the Estonian History of the German Baltic time to Stalinism a museum. In the vicinity are a Soviet and German military cemetery.

Metsakalmistu Cemetery

Northeast of Pirita is located in Tallinn's Forest cemetery. On it many Estonian artists and politicians are buried.

Nature

In the coastal area of the district of Pirita river of the same empties into the Baltic Sea. On his last kilometers of the river running through here a conservation area (Estonian: Pirita jõeoru maastikukaitseala ).