Antsla

Antsla
Town
Town center
Antsla Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°49′45″N26°31′44″E / 57.82917°N 26.52889°E / 57.82917; 26.52889
Country	Estonia
County	Võru County
Municipality	Antsla Parish
Population  (2024) [1]
• Total	1,211
• Rank	39th
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Antsla (German : Anzen) is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.

The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.

During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment. ^[2]

Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.

Notable people

• Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
• Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
• Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
• Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
• Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
• Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
• Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower

Gallery

Panorama of Antsla

References

1. Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
2. "Russians Ready to Cross Biebrza River in Poland". York Daily Record. York, PA. August 15, 1944. pp.  1, 28 . Retrieved February 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.