Sindi, Estonia

Sindi Sindi
Sindi Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°24′2″N 24°40′3″E / 58.40056°N 24.66750°E / 58.40056; 24.66750Coordinates: 58°24′2″N 24°40′3″E / 58.40056°N 24.66750°E / 58.40056; 24.66750
Country	Estonia
County	Pärnu County
Municipality	Tori Parish
Population  (2017)
• Total	3,906
• Rank	32nd
Ethnicity
• Estonians	81.1%
• Russians	14.8%
• other	4.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sindi (German: Zintenhof) is a town in Tori Parish, in Pärnu County, Estonia, with a population of 3906 in 2017. It is located 14 kilometers from the county capital Pärnu, on the left coast of the Pärnu River.

History[]

In the area of Sindi was the Mesolithic settlement of Pulli, dating from around 8500 BC - the oldest known settlement in Estonia. It was discovered by geologists in 1965. The settlement probably existed for a short period, as the area was later covered by water. As a swampy region, the area remained unpopulated until the 16th century.

The town's name is derived from , a mayor of Pärnu in 1565, who founded a manor (Zintenhof) where the town is now. The settlement was formed in 1833 around a textile factory owned by the manor. It officially became a borough in 1921 and a town in 1938.

Important to the town's development was the founding of a railway station 1928. The railway operated until 1970.

Geography[]

Sindi is located on the left bank of Pärnu River, between the river and the wetland of Lanksaare.

Notable people[]

• Uno Palu (born 1933), decathlete
• Allar Raja (born 1983), rower
• Julius Seljamaa (1883–1936), politician and diplomat
• The Tuberkuloited, rock band originally from Sindi

Gallery[]

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  Railway station building

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  Town hall of Sindi

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  Historical Sindi schoolhouse

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  Sindi Eastern Orthodox church

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  Residential building

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  Sindi dam

External links[]

• Official website (in Estonian)

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