Virtsu
Virtsu is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Peipsiääre Rural Municipality, Tartu County, Estonia
- Also known as: “Virtsu, Tartu County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alatskivi Castle and Alatskivi Church.
Alatskivi Castle
Castle
Photo: Kaup0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alatskivi Castle is a neo-Gothic castle in Alatskivi, Estonia. Dating to the 17th century, it is situated in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County. It was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Baron Arved von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland. Alatskivi Castle is situated 2½ km south of Virtsu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alatskivi and Kallaste.
Alatskivi
Village
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Alatskivi is a small borough in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Alatskivi Parish before the Estonian administrative reform. Alatskivi is situated 3 km south of Virtsu.
Kallaste
Photo: OlariP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kallaste is a town of 770 people in the South-Eastern Estonian plateau of South Estonia. The city sits on an approximately 2-km-long stretch of beach between Lake Peipsi and the Tartu - Mustvee highway.
Virtsu
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Alasoo küla, Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
58.62634° or 58° 37′ 35″ northLongitude
27.12458° or 27° 7′ 29″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
9GC9J4GF+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 1973425595OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Virtsu” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վիռցու”
- Chinese: “Virtsu”
- Chuvash: “Виртсу”
- Dutch: “Virtsu”
- Estonian: “Virtsu küla”
- Estonian: “Virtsu”
- French: “Virtsu”
- German: “Virtsu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Virtsu”
- Polish: “Virtsu”
- Russian: “Виртсу”
- Spanish: “Virtsu”
- Tatar: “Виртсу (Пеипсиәәре)”
- Tatar: “Виртсу”
- Ukrainian: “Віртсу (Пейпсіяере)”
- Ukrainian: “Віртсу”
- Volapük: “Virtsu”
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Notable Places Nearby
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