Mõigu
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Mõigu is a subdistrict of the district of Kesklinn (Town Center) in Tallinn
, the capital of Estonia
. It is located on the northeastern side of Lake Ülemiste
. It has a population of 353 (2008). Mõigu's former German
name until 1918 was Moik, also spelled Moick.
Mõigu village was first time mentioned in written in 1241 in Liber Census Daniæ under name of Møickæ. The village in that time situated few kilometres south-east from current Mõigu subdistrict of Tallinn.
At the end of 16th century a Mõigu manor (Moik, Moick) was founded at the farm-plot of a peasant called Vana Jaan (Old Jaan) at the territory of Mõigu village. About a century later the manor was moved to this-time Järveküla
village. This caused exchanging the names of the villages, as inhabitants of (former) Järveküla were moved to Mõigu while the manor was moved from Mõigu to Järveküla, and both sides took their place-name with them. Therefore the heart of current Järveküla (literally: Lake-village) is about kilometre off from the Lake Ülemiste while Mõigu manor is still standing just 100 metres from the coast of the lake.
Mõigu as a separate hamlet existed until 1970s, then most of its territory was incorporated into neighbouring Peetri village.
burial ground in Tallinn, known as Mõigu cemetery
(in Estonian
: Mõigu kalmistu; in German: der Friedhof von Moik) which was founded around 1774. The cemetery was flattened over a 170 years later around 1950–1951, during the second occupation of the Baltic states, by Russian Soviet authorities governing the Estonian SSR at the time.
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, the capital of Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It is located on the northeastern side of Lake Ülemiste
Lake Ülemiste
Lake Ülemiste is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ülemiste is where most of the city gets its drinking water from. The lake is fed mostly by Kurna stream and Pirita River ....
. It has a population of 353 (2008). Mõigu's former German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
name until 1918 was Moik, also spelled Moick.
Mõigu village was first time mentioned in written in 1241 in Liber Census Daniæ under name of Møickæ. The village in that time situated few kilometres south-east from current Mõigu subdistrict of Tallinn.
At the end of 16th century a Mõigu manor (Moik, Moick) was founded at the farm-plot of a peasant called Vana Jaan (Old Jaan) at the territory of Mõigu village. About a century later the manor was moved to this-time Järveküla
Järveküla, Harju County
Järveküla is a village in Rae Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It has a population of 493 ....
village. This caused exchanging the names of the villages, as inhabitants of (former) Järveküla were moved to Mõigu while the manor was moved from Mõigu to Järveküla, and both sides took their place-name with them. Therefore the heart of current Järveküla (literally: Lake-village) is about kilometre off from the Lake Ülemiste while Mõigu manor is still standing just 100 metres from the coast of the lake.
Mõigu as a separate hamlet existed until 1970s, then most of its territory was incorporated into neighbouring Peetri village.
Cemetery in Mõigu
Mõigu was the former location of a large Baltic GermanBaltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...
burial ground in Tallinn, known as Mõigu cemetery
Mõigu cemetery
The Mõigu cemetery ) was a large Baltic German cemetery, located in the Tallinn suburb of Mõigu in Estonia. It served as the primary burial ground for the usually wealthy and noble citizens of the Toompea parish of Tallinn...
(in Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
: Mõigu kalmistu; in German: der Friedhof von Moik) which was founded around 1774. The cemetery was flattened over a 170 years later around 1950–1951, during the second occupation of the Baltic states, by Russian Soviet authorities governing the Estonian SSR at the time.