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Memorial or cemetery · 1919

Hiiu-Rahu Cemetery

Hiiu-Rahu Cemetery

Hiiu-Rahu is one of the smallest cemeteries in Tallinn, just 2.2 hectares. The Nõmme council founded it in 1919 on land that Nikolai von Glehn had given to the community a year earlier. Architect Karl Burman drew the regular plan, but the cemetery was consecrated only on 12 August 1923. Its iron gate and fence date from 1931, and the chapel with a bell tower was finished in 1934. It was first called Nõmme cemetery and got its present name after Nõmme joined Tallinn in 1940. Buried here are State Elder Juhan Kukk, who has a symbolic grave, Generals Rudolf Reimann and Ernst Blumbach, several holders of the Cross of Liberty and writer Peeter Grünfeldt.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Hiiu-Rahu on üks Tallinna väiksemaid kalmistuid, pindalaga vaid 2,2 hektarit. Nõmme alevivolikogu asutas selle 1919. aastal maale, mille Nikolai von Glehn oli aasta varem Nõmme omavalitsusele kinkinud. Korrapärase plaani tegi arhitekt Karl Burman, kuid kalmistu õnnistati alles 12. augustil 1923. Raudvärav ja piirdeaed pärinevad 1931. aastast ning kellatorniga kabel valmis 1934. aastal. Algul kandis kalmistu Nõmme kalmistu nime, praeguse nime sai see pärast Nõmme liitmist Tallinnaga 1940. aastal. Siia on maetud riigivanem Juhan Kukk (sümboolne haud), kindralid Rudolf Reimann ja Ernst Blumbach, mitu Vabadusristi kavaleri ning kirjanik Peeter Grünfeldt.

Map of the area around Hiiu-Rahu Cemetery
59.38442° N, 24.66752° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

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