Helme, Estonia

Coordinates: 58°0′55″N 25°53′12″E / 58.01528°N 25.88667°E

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Helme
Small borough
Ruins of Helme castle.
Helme Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°0′55″N 25°53′12″E / 58.01528°N 25.88667°E / 58.01528; 25.88667
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Municipality	Tõrva Parish
First mentioned	1329
Population (2011 Census^[1])
• Total	167
Website	www.helme.ee

Helme (German: Helmet) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, in southern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 reform of Estonian municipalities, it was located in Helme Parish. It is located only 2 km (1 mi) northwest of the town of Tõrva by the Valga–Pärnu road (nr. 6). At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 167.^[1]

Helme castle

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The settlement was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry in 1210. Helme church parish was first mentioned in 1329 during a Lithuanian raid. Most of the neighbouring land was fiefed in the 15th–16th centuries. Livonian Order castle in Helme (Ordensburg Helmet) was probably built in the first half of the 14th century. The site on a steep hill is believed to have been used as a stronghold earlier by Sackalians in the Ancient Estonia. By its ground plan, the order castle was 120×60 m oval-shaped structure, surrounded by two moats. There was a borough beside the castle in the Middle Ages, it was mentioned until the 17th century. The castle was destroyed by the Swedes during the Russo-Swedish War in 1658. Nowadays only parts of the walls with high window holes have survived.^[2]

Helme is the birthplace of poet and dramatist Henrik Visnapuu (1890–1951) and sculptor Erna Viitol (1920–2001).

Gallery

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Ruins of Helme castle
Entrance to Helme caves
Helme Manor

References

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^ ^a ^b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ "Helme alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

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Helme Parish (in Estonian)

v t e Settlements in Tõrva Parish
Town	Tõrva
Boroughs	Helme Hummuli
Villages	Aitsra Ala Alamõisa Holdre Jeti Jõgeveste Kalme Karjatnurme Karu Kaubi Kirikuküla Koorküla Kulli Kungi Kähu Leebiku Linna Liva Lõve Möldre Patküla Piiri Pikasilla Pilpa Pori Puide Ransi Reti Riidaja Roobe Rulli Soe Soontaga Taagepera Uralaane Vanamõisa Voorbahi

v t e Boroughs (alevid ja alevikud) of Estonia
Boroughs (Alevid)	Aegviidu Järva-Jaani Järvakandi Kiili Kohila Kohtla-Nõmme Lavassaare Märjamaa Paikuse Pärnu-Jaagupi Raadi Tootsi Vändra
Small boroughs (Alevikud)	Adavere Ahja Äksi Alatskivi Alu Ämari Ambla Aravete Are Aruküla Aseri Assaku Aste Audru Avinurme Eidapere Erra Haabneeme Häädemeeste Hageri Hagudi Haljala Halliste Harku Helme Hulja Hummuli Iisaku Ilmatsalu Jõgeva Jüri Juuru Käärdi Kadrina Kaerepere Käina Kaiu Kamari Kambja Kanepi Kangru Käravete Karjaküla Kärla Käru Kasepää Keava Kehtna Keila-Joa Kihelkonna Kiisa Kiiu Kiltsi Klooga Kobela Koeru Kolga Kolga-Jaani Kolkja Kõpu Kõrgessaare Kõrveküla Kose (Harju) Kose (Võru) Kose-Uuemõisa Kostivere Kudjape Külitse Kureküla Kuremaa Kuusalu Kuusiku Laagri Laatre Laekvere Lagedi Lähte Laiuse Lehtse Leisi Lelle Lepna Lohusuu Loo Lüganuse Luige Luunja Mäetaguse Märja Mehikoorma Misso Mooste Mustla Näpi Nasva Nõo Oisu Õisu Olgina Olustvere Orissaare Õru Pajusti Palamuse Palivere Paralepa Parksepa Peetri (Harju) Peetri (Järva) Prillimäe Puhja Puka Puurmani Raasiku Rakke Ramsi Räni Rannu Ravila Riisipere Risti Roela Roiu Rõngu Roosna-Alliku Rõuge Rummu Sadala Saku Salme Sangaste Särevere Sauga Siimusti Simuna Sinimäe Sõmerpalu Sõmeru Sonda Tabasalu Tabivere Taebla Tammiku Tihemetsa Toila Tõravere Tori Torma Tõrvandi Tõstamaa Tsirguliina Tudu Turba Uhtna Ülenurme Ulila Uuemõisa Väätsa Vahi Vaida Väike-Maarja Väimela Valjala Vana-Antsla Varnja Värska Varstu Vasalemma Vastse-Kuuste Vastseliina Vasula Veriora Viimsi Viiratsi Vinni Virtsu Viru-Jaagupi Viru-Nigula Võiste Voka Võnnu Võõpsu Võsu

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