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Town in Estonia
Town in Võru County, Estonia
Antsla | |
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Town | |
| Town center Town center | |
Antsla is located in Estonia Antsla Antsla Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 57°49′45′′N 26°31′44′′E / 57.82917°N 26.52889°E / 57.82917; 26.52889 | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Võru County |
| Municipality | Antsla Parish |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,311 |
| • Rank | 39th |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Antsla (German: Anzen) is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.
The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.
During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment.[2]
Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.
Notable people
[edit ]- Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
- Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
- Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
- Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
- Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
- Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
- Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower
Gallery
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References
[edit ]- ^ Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
- ^ "Russians Ready to Cross Biebrza River in Poland". York Daily Record. York, PA. August 15, 1944. pp. 1, 28 . Retrieved February 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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