Jüri

This article is about the settlement. For Estonian masculine given name, see Jüri (given name).
Jüri
Small borough

Jüri church
Jüri

Location in Estonia

Coordinates: 59°21′17″N 24°53′41″E / 59.35472°N 24.89472°ECoordinates: 59°21′17″N 24°53′41″E / 59.35472°N 24.89472°E
Country Estonia
County Harju County
Municipality Rae Parish
Population (01.01.2012[1])
 • Total 3,426

Jüri is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) 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 3,426 as of 1 January 2012).[1]

Jüri has grown out of two parts: the centre of Sommerling kolkhoz (former Rosenhagen 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.[2]

In the 1630s the Rosenhagen Manor (Lehmja since 1917) 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.[3]

The earlier Jürgens (Jüri) church was probably 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 Jürgens.[2]

Demographics

Population of Jüri[4]
Year 1959 1970 1979 1989 1996 2003 2008 2009
Population 369 535 1210 2589 2627 2507 3050 3250

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rahvastik" (in Estonian). Rae vald. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jüri alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Lehmja mõis" (in Estonian). Estonian Manors Portal. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Rae vallavalitsuse kodulehekülg

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