Nõo
Borough in Estonia
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::summary Borough in Estonia ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nõo |
| settlement_type | Small borough |
| image_skyline | Nõo church 2008 22.jpg |
| image_caption | Nõo St. Lawrence Lutheran church (Nõo Püha Laurentsiuse kirik) |
| pushpin_map | Estonia |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Estonia |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Estonia |
| subdivision_type1 | County |
| subdivision_name1 | Tartumaa lipp.svg Tartu |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name2 | Nõo valla lipp.svg Nõo |
| established_title | First mentioned |
| established_date | 1319 |
| population_total | 1492 |
| population_as_of | 2011 Census |
| :: |
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Nõo () is a small borough () in Tartu County, in southern Estonia. It's located about 15 km southwest of the city of Tartu by the Tartu–Valga–Riga railway and the European route E264 (also known as Via Hanseatica). Nõo is the administrative centre of Nõo Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,492.
Nõo was first mentioned in 1319 as Nughen and as a separate church parish in 1483, during the times when it belonged to the Bishopric of Dorpat. Nõo St. Laurence Lutheran Church is believed to have been built around the 1250s to 1260s.
According to Bengt Gottfried Forselius schooling took place in Nõo already in 1686. Since 1688 a local parish school has been working in Nõo. In 1953 the primary school was reorganized as a secondary school. In 1965 a computing centre was established, the school was given the first school computer in the USSR – the Ural-1. In 1994 Nõo school was separated into Nõo Secondary Science Gymnasium (Nõo Reaalgümnaasium) and Nõo Primary School (Nõo Põhikool).
Notable people
- Jaak Järv (1852–1920), writer and journalist; worked as a teacher in Nõo school
- Helen Klaos (Helen Reino, born 1983), badminton player
- Juhan Kotkas (1878–1963), violist and composer; was born in Nõo
- Aleksander Läte (1860–1948), composer; worked at the Nõo school 1883–1900
- Martin Lipp (1854–1923), poet; served as the pastor of Nõo church
- Ado Reinvald (1847–1922), writer; lived in Nõo
- Harald Tammur (1917–2001). Lutheran pastor of Nõo St. Lawrence Lutheran church from 1954 until 1979
- Eduard Tubin (1905–1982), composer and conductor; worked as a teacher in Nõo school
Gallery
Nõo raamatukogu l2hemalt.JPG|Nõo library and municipal building Nõo õigeusu kirik.JPG|Nõo Orthodox Holy Trinity Church
References
References
- (31 December 2011). "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". [[Statistics Estonia]].
- "Nõo alevik". eestigiid.ee.
- "Nõo kirik". [[Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- "Ajalugu". Nõo Põhikool.
- "Ajalugu". Nõo Reaalgümnaasium.
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