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Tourist Spot Attractions In Ida-Viru County

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Ida-Viru County , or Ida-Virumaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. As oil shale is used in thermal power plants, the earth in Ida-Viru contains most of Estonia's energy resources. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish. In January 2016 Ida-Viru County had a population of 146,506 – constituting 12.6% of the total population in Estonia.. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia in the east.
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Ida-Viru County

  • 1. Narva Castle Narva
    Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.
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  • 4. Narva Alexander's Cathedral Narva
    Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.
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  • 6. Church of the Narva Icon of the Mother of God Narva
    This is the List of churches in Estonia. It does not include some minor chapels or church ruins. Note that the Year here denotes the year that the construction of the church began or finished, when it was inaugurated, or the main construction period of the church in question. In line with the common church naming traditions in Estonia, a traditionally Lutheran country, the Lutheran parish churches are listed by their locality name , while churches of other denominations are listed by their full name. If a locality has several Lutheran churches, the official names are given.
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  • 7. Narva Bastions Narva
    The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German Army Detachment Narwa and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus on 2 February – 10 August 1944 during World War II. The campaign took place in the northern section of the Eastern Front and consisted of two major phases: the Battle for Narva Bridgehead and the Battle of Tannenberg Line . The Soviet Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive and Narva Offensives were part of the Red Army Winter Spring Campaign of 1944. Following Joseph Stalin's Broad Front strategy, these battles coincided with the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive and the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive . A number of foreign volunteers and local Estonian conscripts participated in the battle as part of the German forces. By giv...
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  • 8. Swedish Lion Narva
    The provinces of Sweden are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification. Dialects and folklore rather follows the provincial borders than the borders of the counties. Several of them were subdivisions of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by the counties of Sweden . Some were conquered later on from Denmark–Norway. Others, like the provinces of Finland, were lost. Lapland is the only province acquired through colonization. In some cases, the administrative counties correspond almost exactly to the provinces, as is Blekinge to Blekinge County and Gotland, which is a province, county and a municipality. While not exactly corresponding with the...
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  • 10. Narva University College Narva
    Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.
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  • 11. Kreenholm Area and Kreenholm Textile Factory Narva
    Kreenholm is an island in the Narva River, in the city of Narva belonging to Estonia. The island is 13 hectares in area, 750 metres long and 250 metres wide. The island divides the Narva Waterfall into eastern and western branches. The Estonia–Russia border runs through the eastern branch. In the 14th century a sawmill was already operating on Kreenholm. In 1538 the Livonian Order built a watermill on the left bank of the river just opposite the island, and in 1823 a cloth factory operated by a local merchant, Paul Momma, was opened on the right bank of the Narva River. Baron Stieglitz's flax mill was located on the right bank.In 1856, Ludwig Knoop acquired the whole island and founded a textile factory there which was known as the Krenholm Manufacturing Company.
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  • 12. Maetaguse Manor Maetaguse
    Mäetaguse is a small borough in Ida-Viru County in Alutaguse Parish in northeastern Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Mäetaguse Parish. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 555, of which the Estonians were 271 .
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  • 15. Church of St. Michael Johvi
    This is the List of churches in Estonia. It does not include some minor chapels or church ruins. Note that the Year here denotes the year that the construction of the church began or finished, when it was inaugurated, or the main construction period of the church in question. In line with the common church naming traditions in Estonia, a traditionally Lutheran country, the Lutheran parish churches are listed by their locality name , while churches of other denominations are listed by their full name. If a locality has several Lutheran churches, the official names are given.
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