Tahu, Estonia

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Tahu (Swedish Skåtanäs, German Schottanäs ) is a village (Estonian küla ) in the rural community Noarootsi ( Noarootsi vald ) in Lääne in Estonia.

Population and location

The village has 26 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village was part of the traditional settlement area of ​​Estonia Sweden to the world's war-related resettlement in 1944.

The village lies west of the Baltic Sea bay of the same name ( Tahu Laht ). The flora of the coastline is protected. Something from the village center is a ornithological observation tower. It is used especially for the observation of numerous migratory birds that make Tahu and its surroundings rest.