Estonia
South Estonia
Võru County

Võru

Võru is a city in . Despite the picturesque location on the shore of the lake, Võru does not inhibit much of a medieval history. The central landmark is the cosy house-museum of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the collector of the Estonian epic poetry and one of the founders of Estonian literature.
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  • Type: Town with 13,000 residents
  • Description: town and administrative center of Võru County in south-eastern Estonia
  • Also known as: “Verro”, “Võro”, “Werro”, and “Wöru”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dr. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald Memorial Museum and St. Catherine’s Orthodox Church.

Museum
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.

Church
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.

Church
Photo: Kippi70, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kose.

Village
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small borough in , , in southeastern . It has a population of 615.

Võru

Latitude
57.8386° or 57° 50′ 19″ north
Longitude
27.0087° or 27° 0′ 31″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EE VRU
Open location code
9G99R2Q5+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30579730
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
587450
Wiki­data ID
Q205271
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Võru” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Võru”
  • Arabic: “فورو (بلدة)”
  • Arabic: “فورو”
  • Armenian: “Վիռու”
  • Armenian: “Վիրու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vıru”
  • Bashkir: “Выру”
  • Belarusian: “Выру”
  • Bosnian: “Võru”
  • Bulgarian: “Въйру”
  • Bulgarian: “Въру”
  • Catalan: “Võru”
  • Cebuano: “Võru”
  • Chinese: “沃魯”
  • Chinese: “沃鲁”
  • Croatian: “Võru”
  • Czech: “Vöro”
  • Czech: “Võru linn”
  • Czech: “Voru”
  • Czech: “Vöru”
  • Czech: “Võru”
  • Czech: “Werro”
  • Danish: “Voru”
  • Danish: “Võru”
  • Dutch: “Võru vald”
  • Dutch: “Võru”
  • Eastern Mari: “Выру”
  • Erzya: “Выро ош”
  • Esperanto: “Võru”
  • Estonian: “Võru linn”
  • Estonian: “Võru vald”
  • Estonian: “Võru”
  • Estonian: “Werro”
  • Finnish: “Voru”
  • Finnish: “Vöru”
  • Finnish: “Võru”
  • French: “Voru”
  • French: “Võru”
  • Galician: “Võru”
  • Galician: “Werro”
  • Georgian: “ვირუ”
  • German: “Voru”
  • German: “Vöru”
  • German: “Võru”
  • German: “Werro”
  • Greek: “Βούρου”
  • Greek: “Βύρου”
  • Hebrew: “וורו”
  • Hungarian: “Võru”
  • Iban: “Võru”
  • Indonesian: “Võru”
  • Irish: “Võru”
  • Italian: “Võru”
  • Japanese: “ヴォル”
  • Japanese: “ヴル”
  • Komi: “Выру”
  • Korean: “버루”
  • Korean: “보루”
  • Latvian: “Verava”
  • Latvian: “Veri”
  • Latvian: “Veru”
  • Lithuanian: “Veru”
  • Lithuanian: “Viru”
  • Lithuanian: “Vyru”
  • Macedonian: “Виру”
  • Malay: “Võru”
  • Maltese: “Võru”
  • Moksha: “Выру”
  • Northern Frisian: “Võru (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Võru”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Võru”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Võru”
  • Norwegian: “Võru”
  • Ossetian: “Выру”
  • Persian: “وورو”
  • Polish: “Võru”
  • Portuguese: “Voru”
  • Portuguese: “Võru”
  • Russian: “Верро”
  • Russian: “Выру”
  • Samogitian: “Veru”
  • Scots: “Võru”
  • Serbian: “Viru”
  • Serbian: “Võru”
  • Serbian: “Виру”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Võru”
  • Slovak: “Võru”
  • Spanish: “Voru”
  • Spanish: “Võru”
  • Swedish: “Voru”
  • Swedish: “Vöru”
  • Swedish: “Võru”
  • Swedish: “Werro”
  • Tatar: “Выру”
  • Turkish: “Võru (şehir)”
  • Turkish: “Võru”
  • Udmurt: “Выру”
  • Ukrainian: “Виру”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Võru”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Werro”
  • Urdu: “وورو”
  • Veps: “Viru”
  • Volapük: “Võru”
  • Võro: “Võro”
  • Võro: “Võru”
  • Welsh: “Võru”
  • Western Mari: “Выру”
  • Wu Chinese: “沃鲁”
  • “Veru”
  • “Võro”
  • “Võru”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Võru”. Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.