Purtse
The Purtse River is a river in Estonia in the Ida-Viru and Lääne-Viru counties. The river is 51.2 km long, and its basin size is 811 km2. It discharges into the Gulf of Finland.Photo: Metsavend, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Estonia
- Also known as: “Oandu Jõgi”, “Purtse Jogi”, “Purtse River”, and “Reka Purtse-Yygi”
- Historically known as: “Purtsioki River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Purtse Castle.
Purtse Castle
Castle
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Purtse Castle is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in Purtse, northeastern Estonia. It was built in the middle of the 16th century, probably by the landowner Johann von Taube, at a time when late Gothic ways of building were slowly being abandoned in favour of Renaissance ideas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purtse and Püssi.
Purtse
Hamlet
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Purtse is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Purtse is best known as the location of 16th century Purtse Castle. Purtse is situated 3 km southeast of Purtse.
Püssi
Town
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Püssi is a town in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, with a population of 917 as of 2018. It is located near the road between Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Püssi is situated 9 km south of Purtse.
Kiviõli
Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiviõli is in East Estonia. The name of the town translates to "stone oil", in referral to the local oil shale deposits and the industry related to it.
Purtse
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ida-Viru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Purtse” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Purtse”
- Belarusian: “Пуртсэ (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Пуртсэ”
- Cebuano: “Purtse Jõgi”
- Estonian: “Purtse jõgi”
- German: “Purtse”
- Irish: “Purtse”
- Latvian: “Purtse”
- Polish: “Purtse”
- Russian: “Пуртсе (река)”
- Russian: “Пуртсе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Purtse”
- Swedish: “Purtse jõgi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Purtse”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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