Saku, Estonie
Saku | |
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 Saku Manor | |
  Saku Location in Estonie | |
| Coordinates: 59°17′53″N 24°39′59″E / 59.29806°N 24.66639°E | |
| Kintra |  Estonie |
| Coonty |  Harju Coonty |
| Municipality |  Saku Pairish |
| Population (01.04.2012) | |
| • Total | 4,675 |
Saku is a smaw burgh (Estonie: alevik) in Harju Coonty, Estonie, locatit 16 km (10 mi) sooth frae Tallinn, the caipital. It is the admeenistrative centre o Saku Pairish. Saku haes a population o 4,675 (as o 1 Apryle 2012)[1] whilk maks it the biggest smaw burgh in Estonie.
Saku is maist kent bi Saku Brewery which is ane o twa biggest breweries in Estonie.
Saku haes a station on the Edelaraudtee's wastren route.
Vääna River crosses Saku.
Saku manor
[eedit | eedit soorce]Saku manor (German: Sack) traces its history back tae 1463. The current manor hoose wis biggit in 1825-1830 in a neoclassical style, an is possibly designed bi the renouned St. Petersburg architect Carlo Rossi. It is ane o the feenest insamples, mibbe the finest, o a neoclassical manor hoose in Estonie.[2][3][4]
Notable fowk
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Evelin Ilves (born 1968), First Lady o Estonie, grew up in Saku.
- Juss Laansoo (born 1983), motocross rider
- Grit Šadeiko (born 1989), heptathlete, wis born in Saku.
- Jaak Urmet (pseudonym Wimberg; born 1979), writer, wis born in Saku.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Üldinfo" (in Estonian). Saku vald. Retrieved 27 September 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Viirand, Tiiu (2004). Estonia. Cultural Tourism. Kunst Publishers. p. 55. ISBN 9949-407-18-4.
- ↑ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
- ↑ Hein, Ants (2009). Eesti Mõisad - Herrenhäuser in Estland - Estonian Manor Houses. Tallinn: Tänapäev. p. 31. ISBN 978-9985-62-765-5.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Saku Pairish
- Saku Manor
- Saku Manor in Estonian Manors Portal
- Saku Brewery
- AS Saku Maja (in Estonie)
- Saku Gymnasium (in Estonie)
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