Jüri
Encyclopedia
Jüri is a small borough
in Harju County
, northern Estonia
. It's located 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of the capital Tallinn
, by the Tallinn–Tartu road
(E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative centre of Rae Parish. Jüri has a population of 3,350 (as of 1 January 2010).
Jüri has grown out of two parts: the centre of Sommerling kolkhoz
(former Lehmja Manor) in the west and construction industry base with a residential area (former Jüri church and village) in the east. In the middle there's a protected Lehmja oak grove.
In the 1630s the Lehmja Manor (Rosenhagen) was established, nowadays the site is located in western Jüri. Today the wooden main building is destroyed, several side buildings like the workers house have remained.
The earlier Jüri (Vaskjala) church was probaby located in Karla
in 1401. Current church in Jüri was built in 1885 on the site of medieval church building. From 1713 to 1748, Anton thor Helle
, the translator of the first Estonian
Bible, was the pastor in Jüri.
Populated places in Estonia
Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...
in Harju County
Harju County
Harju County , or Harjumaa , nowadays one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west.528,468 people...
, northern Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It's located 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of the capital Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, by the Tallinn–Tartu road
European route E263
European route E 263 is a Class B road part of the International E-road network. It runs only through Estonia, begins in Tallinn and ends in Luhamaa, Võru County, and shares exactly the same route with Estonian main road ....
(E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative centre of Rae Parish. Jüri has a population of 3,350 (as of 1 January 2010).
Jüri has grown out of two parts: the centre of Sommerling kolkhoz
Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...
(former Lehmja Manor) in the west and construction industry base with a residential area (former Jüri church and village) in the east. In the middle there's a protected Lehmja oak grove.
In the 1630s the Lehmja Manor (Rosenhagen) was established, nowadays the site is located in western Jüri. Today the wooden main building is destroyed, several side buildings like the workers house have remained.
The earlier Jüri (Vaskjala) church was probaby located in Karla
Karla, Rae Parish
Karla is a village in Rae Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It has a population of 389 ....
in 1401. Current church in Jüri was built in 1885 on the site of medieval church building. From 1713 to 1748, Anton thor Helle
Anton thor Helle
Anton thor Helle was the translator of the first Bible in Estonian in 1739, and the first Estonian grammar...
, the translator of the first Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
Bible, was the pastor in Jüri.