Vastseliina
Vastseliina is a small borough in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Vastseliina was the center of Vastseliina raion from 1950 to 1959. Vastseliina is the birthplace of wrestler and 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eduard Pütsep and writer and lawyer Uido Truija.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 592 residents
- Description: township in Võru Rural Municipality, Võru County, Estonia
- Also known as: “Neuhausen”, “Neygauzen”, and “Vastseliyna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kängämäe sulg and Vastseliina Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Perametsa and Vana-Saaluse.
Perametsa
Hamlet
Perametsa is a settlement in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Perametsa is situated 3½ km south of Vastseliina.
Vana-Saaluse
Hamlet
Vana-Saaluse is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Between 1991–2017 the village was located in Vastseliina Parish. Interior architect, designer and pedagogue Vello Asi was born in Vana-Saaluse. Vana-Saaluse is situated 4 km west of Vastseliina.
Kirikumäe
Hamlet
Kirikumäe is a settlement in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Kirikumäe is situated 5 km south of Vastseliina.
Vastseliina
- Categories: township and locality
- Location: Vastseliina alevik, Võru Parish, Võru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.73245° or 57° 43′ 57″ northLongitude
27.28221° or 27° 16′ 56″ eastPopulation
592Elevation
141 metres (463 feet)Open location code
9G99P7JJ+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 369840802OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
587711Wikidata ID
Q2981703
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Võro—“Vastseliina” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վասցելիինա (գյուղական ավան, Վասցելիինա շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Վասցելիինա”
- Belarusian: “Вастселійна”
- Bulgarian: “Васцелина”
- Cebuano: “Vastseliina”
- Chinese: “瓦斯采利納”
- Dutch: “Vastseliina”
- Estonian: “Vastseliina alevik”
- Estonian: “Vastseliina”
- Finnish: “Vastseliina”
- French: “Vastseliina”
- German: “Vastseliina”
- Latvian: “Vastselīna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vastseliina”
- Persian: “وستسلیینا”
- Polish: “Vastseliina”
- Russian: “Вастселийна”
- Spanish: “Vastseliina”
- Swedish: “Vastseliina”
- Ukrainian: “Вастселійна”
- Uzbek: “Vastseliina”
- Volapük: “Vastseliina”
- Võro: “Vahtsõliina”
- “Vahtsõliina”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vastseliina discgolfi park and Vastseliina Gymnasium Museum.
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