Jõhvi ( German : Jewe ) is a town in northeastern Estonia , and the administrative seat of Ida-Viru County and Jõhvi Parish . The town is located about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border .
4-515: Jõhvi was first mentioned as a village in 1241 in Liber Census Daniae when it was ruled by Denmark . Historical names of Jõhvi were Gewi and Jewe . In the 13th century a church was built there, and Jõhvi became the centre of the local church parish. On 1 May 1938, the government of Estonia upgraded the official status of Jõhvi from a borough to that of an independent town. During the period of Soviet administration (1944–1991), Jõhvi
8-705: A minority in the area. In 2024, a teaser for the Estonian-American film « Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi » was filmed in the city, in which the actors took part: Oleksiy Gorbunov , Alexander Ivashkevich , Ella Bardot , Maxim Pokrovsky and others. Producer and director of the film Pavel Gavrilin Liber Census Daniae The Danish Census Book or the Danish book of land taxation ( Latin : Liber Census Daniæ , Danish : Kong Valdemars Jordebog ) dates from
12-717: The 13th century and consists of a number of separate manuscripts. The original manuscripts are now housed in the Danish National Archives ( Rigsarkivet ) in Copenhagen. The land registration was commissioned during the reign of King Valdemar II of Denmark (1202–1241). The registry contains notes for practical use in the Royal Chancery of the Kingdom of Denmark . It consists of a collection of information regarding Royal income and properties. The book
16-540: Was administratively not a town, but a district of the city of Kohtla-Järve . In 2005, the town of Jõhvi was united with the parish of Jõhvi. During the period when Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union, a significant influx of workers from other parts of the Soviet Union was initiated to support the expanding city of Kohtla-Järve , including the then district of Jõhvi. This influx resulted in Estonians becoming
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