The University of Tartu is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest and most prestigious university. It was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Governor-General (1629–1634) of Swedish Livonia, Ingria, and Karelia, with the required ratification provided by his long-time friend and former student – from age 7 –, King Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632), during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Tartu County is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
The Heino Eller Tartu Music College is a music school in Tartu, Estonia, founded in 1919. It got its current name in 1971, after the Estonian composer and music teacher Heino Eller, who taught in the school from 1920 until 1940.
The Estonian University of Life Sciences located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005.
Tamme Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tartu, Estonia, located in the district of Tammelinn. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of Tammeka Tartu. The stadium holds 1,638 people.
Since 1991 Estonia has changed from being a former Soviet republic to a member of the European Union and the European Monetary Union, making a rapid transformation in several fields, including the mass media, which is a vibrant and competitive sector. For many years Estonia has been among the top ten in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) Press Freedom Index. In 2017 it was ranked 12th out of 180 countries by RSF while Freedom House assigned Estonia’s press freedom a score of 16/100. A cross-media landscape that embraces traditional media as well as the Internet and digital media characterises the contemporary media system in Estonia.
The Estonian National Museum founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art. The first items for the museum were originally collected in the latter part of the 19th century.
Kämara is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform in Estonia of local governments, it was located in Laeva Parish.
Kärevere is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform in Estonia of local governments, it was located in Laeva Parish.
Väänikvere is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform in Estonia of local governments, it was located in Laeva Parish.
Valmaotsa is a village in Tartu Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village was located in Laeva Parish.
Toomemägi is a hill in Tartu, Estonia.
Karlova is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia. It has a population of 8,856 and an area of 2.30 km2 (0.89 sq mi).
Maarjamõisa is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia. It's located about 2 km southwest of the city centre, just north of Riia street. With the population of 382, Maarjamõisa is the smallest neighbourhood of Tartu. The area is 1.13 km2 (0.44 sq mi).
Tähtvere is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia. It has a population of 2,989 and an area of 2.50 km2 (0.97 sq mi).
Tammelinn is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia. It has a population of 8,153 and an area of 3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi).
Tartu Town Hall is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia. It is located on Town hall square, in the city centre.
University of Tartu Old Observatory or Tartu Old Observatory is an observatory in Tartu, Estonia. Tartu Observatory was an active observatory from 1810 to 1964. The building now serves as a museum and belongs to the University of Tartu Museum.
On July 9, 1941, 193 detainees were shot in Tartu prison and the Gray House courtyard by the Soviet NKVD; their bodies were dumped in makeshift graves and in the prison well.
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