Kadrina. Lääne-Viru County
By Laura Kiur
Kadrina is situated in Lääne- Viru county. One of 15 counties in Estonia.
Kadrina is one of the largest municipalities in the county.
Facts
By the year 1241 Kadrina as the habitat already existed. This was the year it was first mentioned in the Danish book of land taxation.
On the picture- The flag of Kadrina
Year 1241 355 km2 2 hamlets and 37
villages 5500 inhabitants/
2500 in Kadrina
There is the coat of arms on the picture. There are 2 symbols on the coat of arms-
broken wheel, 3 Greek crosses The broken wheel
represents –a legend, that when Saint Kathrine was tortured on the wheel, it broke. It represents goods victory over evil.
And the 3 crosses represent faith: faith in god, in Republic of Estonian and in yourself.
Church, which is 778 years old.
Kindergarten “Sipsik “
Our beloved Kadrina Secondary School
Heatinghouse
The municipal center of Kadrina, which is in the same building with the sports center
The community center
The monument for the War of Independence of Estonia
The skatepark
Sõna seob – Word Binds
The monument “ Sõna seob” is dedicated to Estonian language and it is situated very properately right next to school. Also “sõna seob” or “word binds” is old saying of Kadrina.
Neeruti
F.R. Kreutzwald epic “Kalevipoeg” Folktales Popular place
for skiing
Neeruti is just few kilometres outside of Kadrina. It was a home for Kreutzwald, the man who wrote Estonian national epic “Kalevipoeg”, in translation “Kalev`s son”. Many folktales are related to this place involving Kalevipoeg. On the picture there is the statue of Kalevipoeg and on his chest there is the symbol of Kadrina- the broken wheel.
We call the place Neertuti`s mountains even though they are more like hills, if even that.
Rakvere
17 000 inhabitants The Center on Lääne-Viru County
Rakvere is the centre of Lääne- Viru county, which makes it the most popular place.
Fortress of Rakvere
From Middle Ages
Medieval theme-park
- big tourist attraction
The Fortress of Rakvere. The ruins of it are from Middle Ages but it has been rebuilt to Medieval theme park. Many tours and small history lessons about the life back then take place inside. The best place there is probably the torture chamber.
The statue of aurochs is popular tourist attraction. It is very close to the fortress.
The Theatre of Rakvere
Lahemaa national park
1st June 1971 72 500 ha Swamp paths Land and sea
One of the most important forest protected areas in Europe.
Lahemaa is also the most important nature preserve park in Northern Estonia as the most important forest protected areas in Europe.
Lahemaa translates roughly as “Land of Bays”.
Palermo
In 19th century a tradesman opened an inn called Palermo in rakvere.
He named it after Sicilian city.
As today, there is no inn, but the woods that once surrounded the inn is now called Palermo.
The forest`s health paths are very popular.
Thank you for listening!