Kivimäe, Tallinn

Kivimäe ( German for " Steinberg") is a district (Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn. It is located in Nõmme district.

Description and History

The municipality has 4,710 inhabitants (as of 1 May 2010). Its area is 2.2 square kilometers.

Especially the northern and southern part of the district are largely natural. A four-hectare forest area is the green lung Kivimäes. In the south, 9 km ² Moor of Pääsküla ( Pääsküla raba ) begins with its eponymous river ( Pääsküla Jõgi ).

The name of the district (translated " Steinberg") was due to the rocky terrain during the work on the railway line between Tallinn and Paldiski (1869 /70). The halt was taken in 1924 in operation. 1932, the station building was erected. Five years later, a new station building designed by the Estonian architect Hendrik Otlood was completed. Since 2003, the building serves as a nursery.

Building

Between 1913 and 1916, the Tsarist military had built numerous fortifications in Kivimäe. Of them today to see some ruins. The up to the beginning of the 20th century, sparsely populated area with its good air proved after the proclamation of Estonia's independence (1918 ) to be particularly suitable for hospitals and nursing homes. By construction, started in 1925. These include a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, which until 2001 was in operation (1926, architect Erich Jacoby ), and a military hospital (1938). The historic fire station Kivimäe was completed in 1930.

In Kivimäe located since the 1970s, the renowned Tallinn Music High School ( Tallinna Muusikakeskkool ), many later musicians and composers received their education at the. Famous former students are Urmas Sisask Lepo Sumera, Helena Tulve and Tõnu Kaljuste.

A memorial stone in front of his former home is reminiscent of the Estonian actor and director Voldemar Panso (1920-1977), who spent much of his life in Kivimäe.