Hirve ( est. Hirvepark , Deer Park) - Tallinn city park. Located at the foot of the Toompea hill, it is bounded by the streets of Toompea , Wismari, Falgi tee and Tooma Boulevard .
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History
It was defeated on the site of a defensive ditch in front of the bastions of Vyshgorod in the early 1860s. An arboretum with an arboretum of the Estonian Society of Gardeners was built in the moat covered with earth, where exotic and ornamental plants were grown (for 2007 there were 102 species of woody plants in the park).
The name of the park was given by roe deer that lived here until the 1930s ( Est. Hirv - roe deer).
The attraction of the park is considered to be the ordinary maple “Cucullatum” with twisted leaves, the plantings of which are considered the largest in Europe in the park.
On August 23, 1987, about 2,000 supporters of Estonian independence gathered in Hirve Park to mark the next anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact . On the same day, similar rallies took place in Riga (about 7,000 participants) and in Vilnius (from 500 to 1,000 people who came) [1] .
The park serves as a venue for traditional political gatherings [2]
Attractions
Monument to Admiral Johan Pitka . [3]
Monument to the artist Kristjan Raud (1968, sculptor Kalju Reitel , architect Echo Reitel ).
A memorial plaque to the events of August 23, 1987.
The park has the works of famous sculptors Enn Roos “The Bear”, Ernst Kearse “The Act”, Ole Echelide “The Newborn”, etc.
From the north to the park adjoins the hill of Linda ( est. Lindamägi ). [four]
Notes
- ↑ Research on applied and urgent ethnology. S. 9
- ↑ Tomorrow in the Hirve park in Tallinn at 5 p.m. a traditional rally will be held on the occasion of the anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the anti-Soviet demonstration held at the same place in 1987.
- ↑ Monument to Admiral Johan Pitka
- ↑ Linda's Hill