*** Welcome to piglix ***

Tarvastu

Tarvastu
Village
Tarvastu is located in Estonia
Tarvastu
Tarvastu
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°13′50″N 25°53′35″E / 58.23056°N 25.89306°E / 58.23056; 25.89306Coordinates: 58°13′50″N 25°53′35″E / 58.23056°N 25.89306°E / 58.23056; 25.89306
Country Estonia
County Viljandi County
Municipality Tarvastu Parish
Population (2006)
 • Total 99

Tarvastu is a village in Tarvastu Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It's located about a kilometer east of Mustla, the administrative centre of the municipality. Tarvastu has a population of 99 (as of 2006). The village is passed by the Tarvastu River and the ViljandiRõngu road (nr 52). Estonian second largest lake Võrtsjärv also shares a small border with the village's territory.

Tarvastu is the birthplace of Estonian wrestler Martin Klein (1884-1947) who won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Tarvastu church in a nearby Porsa village

Ruins of Tarvastu Castle in a nearby Sooviku

Chapel near the ruins


...
Wikipedia

...