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20-1471: Meremäe is a part of the cultural region of Setomaa . Since 2012 the municipality governor is Rein Järvelill . The following is a list of all of the reported villages and other settlements in the Parish: Ala-Tsumba – Antkruva – Ermakova – Härmä – Helbi – Hilana – Hilläkeste – Holdi – Ignasõ – Jaanimäe – Jõksi – Juusa – Kalatsova – Kangavitsa – Karamsina – Kasakova – Kastamara – Keerba – Kiiova – Kiislova – Kiksova – Kitsõ – Klistina – Kõõru – Korski – Kuigõ – Kuksina – Küllätüvä – Kusnetsova – Lepä – Lindsi – Lutja – Maaslova – Marinova – Martsina – Masluva – Melso – Merekülä – Meremäe – Miikse – Miku – Navikõ – Obinitsa – Olehkova – Ostrova – Paklova – Palandõ – Palo – Paloveere – Pelsi – Pliia – Poksa – Polovina – Puista – Raotu – Rokina – Ruutsi – Seretsüvä – Serga – Sirgova – Sulbi – Tääglova – Talka – Tedre – Tepia – Tessova – Teterüvä – Tiirhanna – Tiklasõ – Tobrova – Treiali – Triginä – Tsergondõ – Tsirgu – Tsumba – Tuplova – Tuulova – Ulaskova – Uusvada – Vaaksaarõ – Väiko-Härmä – Väiko-Serga – Vaarkali — Vasla – Veretinä – Vinski – Viro – Võmmorski . The larger villages were Meremäe (146 residents) and Obinitsa (135 residents). None of

40-612: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Võru County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Merem%C3%A4e Town Hall Meremäe Town Hall ( Estonian : Meremäe vallamaja ) is a building in Estonia , the site of the office of the Meremäe rural municipality. In the beginning, the municipality office was situated in the household of Kärner family in Põrste village. Arguments about

60-575: Is a variety of South Estonian . The historic range of Setomaa is located in the territories of present-day Estonia and Russia. Estonian Setomaa presently consists of lands in Võru County located in southeastern Estonia and bordering Russia. Petseri (Russian: Pechory ) has been the historic and cultural centre for the Setos. Estonian Setomaa consists of: The Russian part consists of Pechorsky District , part of Pskov Oblast . Between 1918 and 1944,

80-488: Is now the home to Meremäe Youth Centre. The new rural municipality building was finished in autumn of 1932 and was considered very spacious at the time, noticed and praised by the journalists of that time. On 31 January 1929, the owner of Unkipa farm and a citizen of Meremäe rural municipality Sement Prokofi p. Põhja and Efim Liivik, the deputy for Meremäe rural municipality community signed a contract of gift in Petseri with

100-589: Is situated at the location of the Viro tsässon. Burial grounds: Other Sacred Places: Hills: Rivers and lakes: Caves and sandstone outcrops: Springs: Monuments and sculptures: The monument to the Singing Mother of the Seto People stands on the high bank of Obinitsa artificial lake, modelled by sculptor E. Rebane, E. Taniloo in 1986. Memorial stones to other famous local singers of

120-520: The area stand around the monument. Parks: Hiking trails: Museums and culture centres: The region has two indigenous species of pine, the Meremäe pines and the Tsirgu pine . The more important businesses in Meremäe rural municipality are operating in the fields of agriculture, tourism, creative industry and mining industry. Piusa Ancient Valley Holiday Complex and Setomaa Tourist Farm are

140-490: The area was part of Estonia, administered as Petseri County . After Estonia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there was a dispute between Estonia and Russia over the possession of this territory until Estonia dropped its territorial claims to these areas in 1995. 57°49′N 27°36′E  /  57.82°N 27.6°E  / 57.82; 27.6 This Pskov Oblast location article

160-413: The course of which the four large municipalities of Petseri County were divided into 11 smaller ones. Meremäe rural municipality was initially called Obinitsa. In 1922, on the 13th and 14 August the first elections of the rural municipality council took place. Nikolai Rammula was elected as the mayor of the rural municipality; Johan Tamm became the rural municipality secretary. The Rural Municipality Office

180-454: The location of the centre and name of the rural municipality, it was decided to build it to the geographical centre of the municipality. They settled on Mihailova puustus (wasteland), at the intersection of the historic Võru-Petseri and Pankjavitsa-Kiirova-Orava-Räpina roads. The present rural municipality building is the second of the buildings built for that purpose. The first building built specially to become Meremäe rural municipality building

200-476: The most notable tourism businesses. Marinova dolostone quarry is located within the rural municipality. 57°44′52″N 27°27′40″E  /  57.74778°N 27.46111°E  / 57.74778; 27.46111 Setomaa Setomaa ( Estonian : Setumaa ; Russian : Сетумаа , Seto : Setomaa ) is a region south of Lake Peipus and traditionally inhabited by the Seto people . The Seto dialect

220-443: The new building plan for the Meremäe rural municipality, with Anatoli Rozanski, fully trained engineer as the author”. Soon after that the building began and on 8 September 1932, the rural municipality mayor opened the door of the safe in his spacious office. The building itself, with sizes 23 x 11.5 m cost 76,792.33 euros. It was built with the help of the locals (who provided construction materials as well as workforce). Inauguration of

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240-432: The other villages were reported to have more than 34 people living there in 2011.— Obinitsa Kindergarten and Meremäe School which operate as a kindergarten/basic school are situated in the Meremäe municipality. The Meremäe rural municipality was established on 23 May 1922. It belonged under Petseri County (Estonian: Petserimaa). Meremäe rural municipality was formed as a result of the administrative-territorial reform, in

260-475: The public notary, Johan Piip, according to which Semen Põhja grants Meremäe rural municipality community a vacant plot the size of 0.575 hectares under the name “Meremäe rural municipality building”. With it, the rural municipality acquired the land unit beneath the building. Developmental works were launched and from the 6 March 1931 issue of “Technology Magazine” one could read: “the Road Office has confirmed

280-583: The rural municipality territory. Kalatsova, Obinitsa and Veretion each had a separate village council, and at first these were subordinates to the Meremäe Rural Municipality Executive Committee who, in turn, were subordinated to Võru County and later to the executive committee of the Vastseliina District. The executive committee of the rural municipality was later dissolved. Kalatsova Village Council

300-401: The same year, where the runners for the rural municipality council were districts by the names of "Krundimehed", "Mihailova District", "Mihailova and Vasilde Districts United" and "Obinitsa District" A total of 75 candidates were listed. Nikolai Rammula was re-elected for rural municipality mayor and Johan Tamm for secretary. During Soviet times, a system of different village councils existed on

320-577: Was from Meremäe rural municipality territory, including villages around Krantsova, Kiirova and Vasilde, were surrendered to Russian SFSR. After the dissolution of Vastseliina District in 1959, they became part of the Võru District. On 3 September 1960, Meremäe Village Council was merged with what was then known as Illi Village Council (the villages from the Kapera, Möldre and Vana-Vastseliina area). The self-governing status of Meremäe rural municipality

340-467: Was reinstated on 5 March 1992. On 1 January 1998, control of the villages in Vastseliina parish was returned to Vastseliina rural municipality and the Meremäe rural municipality of today covers a region of 132 square kilometres, and has 87 smaller and larger villages of the historic Setomaa region. Meremäe rural municipality building has moved a number of times. Originally, the rural municipality office

360-670: Was renamed to Meremäe Village Council, whilst Veretino Village Council was merged with Obinitsa and Meremäe. Only five days after the restoration of the Soviet occupation in Petseri Country, Moscow decided to nullify the Estonian gains of Tartu Treaty (1920) and surrender three quarters of Petseri County to Pskov County of Russian SFSR on August 15, 1944. Estonian SSR liquidate the rump of Petseri County and transferred remaining municipalities to Võru County. A significant part of that

380-458: Was situated in the household of a family named Kärner in Põrste village. A new rural municipality building – Meremäe Town Hall , was built quite near to the geographical centre of the municipality, at the intersection of the historic Võru-Petseri and Pankjavitsa-Kiirova-Orava-Räpina roads. Today this building is used as Meremäe Youth Centre . On 16 May 1923, Obinitsa rural municipality was renamed Meremäe rural municipality. New elections took place

400-505: Was situated in the household of the Kärner family in Põrste village. Later, the building for the rural municipality was built in Meremäe, however that building became Meremäe youth centre when the present rural municipality building was built in 1932. Churches: Typical small Seto chapels (tsässon): Almost all tsässonas in the Miikse and Viro villages are perished. The Viro stone cross

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