Tartu County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 21 all over Estonia →

• The Lilac Lady of the Literary Museum
• The pistol shot on Toome Hill
• Death's driver at the Krooks pub
• The grey woman of Jaama manor
• The white walker of Kasepää
• The spring spook of Palupera
• The bottomless Roopjärv and the spirits' road
• The knitting maiden of Rõngu castle
• The knight's daughter who guards the Warbeck cellar
• The bone-needle tailor of Tõresoo bridge
• The misty stone of the Puddle Marsh, Aakre
• The wolf and the white revenant of Soesoo, Vitipalu
• The white lady of the Rästa peat bog, Laguja
• 'Put it down!': the white figure of Lümati swamp
• The night watchman who wrestled a spook at Uderna manor
• The walled-in key-bearer of Tartu Cathedral
• Singing spirits in the Valguta woods
• The feast in the 'hell barn' of Luke
• The money melters of the Vesneri forest
• The devils' footbridge over Köia bog, Karijärv
• The white ghost behind Kodavere chapel

Legend 18 all over Estonia →

• Kalevipoeg's bed
• Vanemuine's song on Toomemägi
• The Angel's Bridge and the Devil's Bridge
• The sunken church of Saadjärv
• Kalevipoeg's sword and Lake Mõõkjärv
• Piirissaar, born from Kalevipoeg's pillow
• The Old Devil's ploughing race at Unipiha
• The Old Devil's mill stone at Lääniste
• Vooru-Andres and the lake of his death
• The Devil's failed shot at Tartu cathedral
• The magic smith of the Kallaste caves
• Kalevipoeg's unfinished bridge at Nina
• The Devil's bridge off Tamme
• Rajamägi, the hill of dead wolves
• Ragusi rapids and the Devil's lap at Kärevere
• Kalevipoeg's sword in the Kääpa river
• The mowing race on Laugesoo bog
• The Devil's spilled apron at Uderna

Mystery or the unexplained 5 all over Estonia →

• The lost meteorite of Kaiavere
• The bolide the observatory camera missed
• Tartu watches the northern lights from its bridges
• A mass grave between Tartu airfield and the barracks
• Natural gas burns from a well pipe on Kivi Street, Tartu

True crime 11 all over Estonia →

• The killings in the Credit Society cellar
• The last witches executed in Tartu
• The student prison under Tartu University's roof
• Kristjan Viro's gang and the summer of murders
• Valdek Laas and the killings of elderly women
• The thief who fired through a Hellenurme window
• The horse thief at Vahi farm
• The prison yard behind Jaani Street, July 1941
• The tavern killings at Koosa
• Over the Karlova roofs: Kristjan Viro's escape and capture
• The Bible translator beheaded by Tartu's Town Hall Square

Smugglers, spies & escapes 3 all over Estonia →

• The Grey House: KGB cells in Tartu
• Agent 'Aus' and the killings near Elva
• Raadi, target number 13

Shipwreck or sea mystery 1 all over Estonia →

• The Swedish brigantine Carolus in the Emajõgi

Battle or uprising 9 all over Estonia →

• Siege of Tartu
• Surrender of Tartu
• Liberation of Tartu
• Battle for the Kärevere bridge
• Swedish capture of Tartu
• Russian siege of Tartu
• Battle of Tartu
• The Order's last victory at Nõo
• Trapped at the mouth of the Emajõgi

Fire, flood or disaster 13 all over Estonia →

• Destruction of Tartu
• Great fire of Tartu
• Peace of Tartu
• Midsummer fire at Tartu Cathedral
• Armoured train collision near Elva
• Bombing of Tartu
• The night the university's great hall burned
• Utochkin flies over Raadi
• Ice walls at Nina
• A bear attacks a child at the Tartu market
• Goods trains collide at Tartu station by the Riga bridge
• Digging for armoured fish at Tamme
• The magnetic pavilion on Toome Hill burns in the snow

Famous life 8 all over Estonia →

• Juhan Liiv's home farm at Rupsi
• Solzhenitsyn's secret winters near Vasula
• Kristjan Jaak Peterson on Toome Hill
• Middendorff's grave at Hellenurme
• Pirogov, the surgeon of Tartu
• Torila, where Eduard Tubin began
• Collecting for the National Museum at Kirepi
• A bird table by the cathedral ruins on Toome Hill

First or record 9 all over Estonia →

• The first Estonian newspaper, banned in its first year
• The first Estonian song festival, 1869
• The first Estonian-language play, 1870
• Struve's giant telescope on Toome Hill
• Öpik measures the distance to Andromeda
• Forselius's school for Estonian teachers
• Academia Gustaviana opens in Tartu
• Äksi, where Estonian got its õ
• The first seaplane on the Emajõgi

Lost building or monument 6 all over Estonia →

• Tartu's Stone Bridge
• The old Vanemuine, home of Estonian theatre
• Lenin on Riia Hill, down in 7.5 minutes
• Anne Manor, which gave Annelinn its name
• The Russian Shops of Tartu
• Raadi manor, first home of the National Museum

Remembered by people who were there 8 all over Estonia →

• Islanders of Piirissaar talk about the war years and the deportation
• Men who were there remember the battles at Kärevere in 1941
• Evald Laidvere remembers wartime service by Lake Peipus and on Piirissaar
• Hilja Järv remembers the deportation train leaving Tartu in June 1941
• Tiina remembers being taken to Kavastu manor on deportation day, 1949
• Teacher Erich Uibu tells the story of Alatskivi
• The last families of Praaga, where the Emajõgi meets Lake Peipus
• Dr Mihkel Eller remembers Hugo Treffner and his school

Castle or fort 7 all over Estonia →

• Kavilda stronghold
• Rannu Castle
• Rõngu Castle
• Fortress of Tartu
• Uue-Kastre Castle
• Konguta vasallilinnus
• Tartu railway station water tower

Ancient hillfort 4 all over Estonia →

• Tartu hillfort
• Alatskivi hillfort
• Erumäe linnamägi
• Saadjärve linnamägi

Manor 31 all over Estonia →

• Alatskivi Castle
• Suure-Rõngu Manor
• Raadi Manor
• Luke Manor
• Karlova Manor
• Aakre Manor
• Kaagvere Manor
• Tähtvere Manor
• Elistvere Manor
• Ülenurme Manor
• Maarjamõisa Manor
• Tammistu Manor
• Kastre Manor
• Haaslava Manor
• Piiskopi Manor
• Vorbuse Manor
• Aru Manor
• Hellenurme Manor
• Kadrina Manor
• Kaiavere Manor
• Kammeri Manor
• Kriimani Manor
• Kukulinna Manor
• Kärkna Manor
• Ranna Manor
• Sarakuste Manor
• Suure-Konguta Manor
• Uderna Manor
• Unipiha Manor
• Vana-Kuuste Manor
• Vara Manor

Folk song 5 all over Estonia →

• Folk song from Kodavere: “Aja kari siia!”
• Folk song from Kodavere: “Kits, karja!”
• Folk song from Kodavere: “Joodiku hobune”
• Folk song from Kodavere: “Kubjas ja teomees”
• Folk tune from Tartu-Maarja: “Kannel: “Hiir hüppas””

Ancient site 5

• Kave spring
• Aakre stone grave
• Raatvere asulakoht
• Tindimurru rauasulatuskoht
• Kullamäe asulakoht

Historic town 1

• Tartu

Memorial or cemetery 31

• Tartu Baptist cemetery
• Vedu manor cemetery
• Elva cemetery
• Kodijärve manor cemetery
• Kurista manor cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Rõngu
• Military Cemetery
• Monument of Nations
• Armeenia ja Eesti rahva sõpruse monument
• Tartu Vana-Juudi kalmistu
• Tartu War of Independence monument
• Monument to the War of Independence in Võnnu
• Monument to the War of Independence in Äksi
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kambja
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kodavere
• Monument to the War of Independence in Maarja-Magdaleena
• Monument to the War of Independence in Puhja
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kuusiku
• Rahumäe Cemetery
• Ülikooli kalmistu
• Uspenski cemetery
• Old St. John's cemetery
• Maarja Cemetery
• battle of Reola monument
• Monument to Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
• World War II Memorial in Tartu
• Monument to the War of Independence in Alatskivi
• Statue of Karl Ernst von Baer
• Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald monument
• Monument to Ernst von Bergmann
• Tähtvere battle memorial

Archive documentary 8

• Defence League Tartu district 20th anniversary parade, 1937
• Building the Luunja bridge, 1935–1937
• Laying the foundation stone of the new Vanemuine theatre, 1960
• Tõravere
• A day at Kaagvere children's home, 1937
• The Estonian National Museum at Raadi manor, 1938
• Fishermen of Kallaste on Lake Peipus, 1929
• Treffner Gymnasium's winter sports day at Elva, 1937

Sacred stone, spring or grove 2

• Toomemägi sacrificial stone
• Saadjärve Kalevipoja lingukivi

Historic building 3

• Kuradisild
• Uppsala House
• Vanemuise 19

Church or chapel 16

• Rõngu Church
• Maarja-Magdaleena Church
• St. Mary's Church
• Saint Peter's Church
• Tartu University Church
• Võnnu Church
• Äksi Church
• Nõo Church
• Kodavere Church
• Puhja Church
• Nõo orthodox church
• St. Alexander's Church
• Elva Church
• Kambja Church
• St. John's Church
• Kärkna Abbey

Windmill or watermill 3

• Koni tuulik
• Hellenurme watermill
• Kärneri tuuleveski

Protected tree 1

• Arbimäe mänd

Erratic boulder 7

• Jukametsa Tondikivi
• Apollo kivi e Kalevipoja viskekivi
• Kavastu kohtukivi
• Äksi Kalevi keskmise poja lingukivi
• Saadjärve Noorema Kalevipoja lingukivi
• Kalevipoeg's stones at Väägvere
• Kalevipoeg's stone at Sääritsa

Landscape 1

• Uniküla Kalevipoja künnivagu

Historic recording 4

• Song festival jubilee at Tamme stadium, Tartu, 1989
• The 17th Tartu Ski Marathon, 1981
• Guest choirs arrive for the Tartu boys' song festival, 1976
• Finnish Boys' museum room opens at Äksi, 2002

Campsites 3 all over Estonia →

• Illi campsite
• Jõeharu campsite
• Pangodi campsite

Free forest huts 1 all over Estonia →

• Kukemetsa forest hut

Saunas 5 all over Estonia →

• Jantsu farm smoke sauna (suitsusauna.ee)
• Aura Centre sauna centre
• Hansa Tall igloo and barrel sauna
• Saadjärve Yacht Club raft sauna
• Emajõe-Suursoo raft house

Hiking trails 7 all over Estonia →

• Elva river primeval valley hiking trail (15 km)
• Fairy trail (1,4 km)
• Lake Viti hiking trail (2,5 km)
• Padakõrve hiking trail (3.6 km)
• Palumägede hiking trail (1 km)
• Pikksaare hiking trail (1 km)
• Tiksoja hiking trails (1+2 km)

Nature study trails 1 all over Estonia →

• Selli-Sillaotsa study trail (4.7 km)

Cycling trails 2 all over Estonia →

• Selgise cycling trail (30 km)
• Tüki cycling trail (7 km)

Observation towers 3 all over Estonia →

• Raigastvere observation tower
• Suuretüki observation tower on the Selli-Sillaotsa study trail (approx. 1 km from the first parking lot)
• Viti observation tower

Campfire sites 22 all over Estonia →

• Ahvena campfire site
• Angerja campfire site
• Elistvere campfire site
• Haugi campfire site
• Kärgandi campfire site
• Koha campfire site
• Koosa campfire site
• Kotka campfire site
• Lagle campfire site
• Lake Umbjärv campfire site
• Latika campfire site
• Laululuige campfire site
• Määrumäe campfire site
• Otisaare campfire site
• Palumägede campfire site
• Pangodi campfire site
• Primeval valley campfire site
• Rabahane campfire site
• Tähemaa campfire site
• Tenno campfire site
• Tiksoja campfire site
• Viti campfire site

Visitor centres 1

• Elistvere Animal Park and Visitor Center

• Kallaste sandstone cliff
• Varnja
• Supilinn
• Alatskivi castle
• Toome hill