Võnnu, Lääne County
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Võnnu is a village in Ridala Parish
, Lääne County
, in western Estonia
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Cyrillus Kreek
was born there.
Ridala Parish
Ridala is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It has a population of 3,017 and an area of 253.4 km².- Villages :Aamse, Allika, Ammuta, Emmuvere, Erja, Espre, Haeska, Herjava, Hobulaiu, Jõõdre, Kabrametsa, Kadaka, Kaevere, Kiideva, Kiltsi, Kiviküla, Koheri, Koidu, Kolila, Kolu,...
, Lääne County
Lääne County
Lääne County , or Läänemaa , is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-east, Rapla County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, and the island counties of Saare and Hiiu to the west...
, in western 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...
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Cyrillus Kreek
Cyrillus Kreek
Cyrillus Kreek was an Estonian composer.Kreek studied trombone and composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory from 1908 to 1916 in the years immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, then worked as music teacher first in his native Haapsalu , at the Tartu Music College and later...
was born there.