Kilingi-Nõmme
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Kilingi-Nõmme is a town in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saarde Parish. It is located on the intersection of Valga–Uulu (Valga–Pärnu, no. 6) and Tartu–Viljandi–Kilingi-Nõmme (no. 92) roads, about Script error: No such module "convert". from the Estonian border with Latvia.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1560, when a manor named Ovelgunne (also Kurkund) belonging to the Schilling family was established. In 1789 a tavern was opened in the nearby Nõmme farmstead. Hence in the name "Kilingi-Nõmme", Kilingi derived from the Schilling surname. In the 1870s when most of the manor's land was handed out to Orthodox believers, the settlement started to develop faster. Local congregation was established in 1845, and a parish school three years later. Kilingi-Nõmme was then the centre of the surrounding Saarde Parish.[1][2]
After the establishment of sawmill, flour mill and spinning factory, Kilingi-Nõmme gained the borough rights in 1919 and eventually the town rights on 1 May 1938.[1]
On 20 April 1937, a fire in an elementary school and poisonous fumes killed 17 students and injured 50 after film inside of a school movie projector caught fire and set fire to other open canisters of film.[3]
In 1896, a Pärnu–Mõisaküla–Rūjiena–Valga narrow gauge railway (Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) was built, the station in Kilingi-Nõmme was opened in 1917, before that the nearest station was Woltveti Script error: No such module "convert". southeast in Tihemetsa. In 1975 the narrow gauge railway was closed and a new Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". railway (Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) was opened in 1981 as part of the Tallinn–Pärnu–Riga railway. Eventually this was also closed in 2000 and dismantled in 2008.
After Estonia regained its independence in 1991, Kilingi-Nõmme served as a sovereign municipality, but merged with neighbouring Saarde and Tali parishes in 2005, and became the centre of the new Saarde Parish.[1]
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The now defunct Kilingi-Nõmme railway station
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Memorial to those of Saarde Parish who fought in the Estonian War of Independence
Population
As of the 2011 census, the town's population was 1,763.[4]
| Year | 1900 | 1928 | 1934 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2000 | 2003 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | ca 500 | 1422 | 1663 | 2141 | 2319 | 2507 | 2504 | 2223 | 2207 | 2144 | 2106 | 2082 |
Notable people
- Reio Avaste (born 1976), architect
- Liisi Koikson (born 1983), singer
- Ants Laaneots (born 1948), military commander
- Lauri Laasi (born 1974), politician
- Paul Lilleleht (1893–1955), military commander
- Voldemar Mettus (1894–1975), journalist, writer, and translator
- Marie Reisik (1887–1941), politician and women's rights activist
- Mart Siimann (born 1946), politician
- Helene Vannari (1948–2022), actress
- Toomas Voll (born 1958), composer and choral conductor
References
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- ↑ Allar Viivik. "Suurim kooli tragöödia Eestis: Põlemalahvatanud filmilint tappis Kilingi-Nõmmel 18 last" ("The biggest school tragedy in Estonia: Burning film stock killed 18 children in Kilingi-Nõmme"), Õhtuleht (Tallinn, Estonia), April 21, 2007
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External links
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