Türi is a city without a municipal status in the center of
Estonia in Järvamaa county, is a parish center and a part of Türi
parish. City is located on the Pärnu River. Railway station on the
Tallinn - Viljandi line. There is a church of the Holy Trinity
(Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate).
In
1950-1959 it was the center of the Tyuri region.
In 1347 Türi is mentioned for the first time in a historical document
under the name of Turgel.
In 1687 the first school was
established in the town.
In 1900, the railway line linking
Viljandi with Tallinn came into operation, passing through Türi, which
serves as the railway station of Paide, the capital of the county,
located 7 kilometers away. A pulp mill is also installed. Since 1917
Türi became a market town and experienced some economic prosperity.
In 1924 the first secondary school, the Türi Horticultural
Gymnasium, was opened.
In 1926 Türi got the city rights.
From 1937 to 1941 Türi houses the main Estonian Radio station which was
one of the Moderna ones in Europe, the pole that transmitted the waves
was 196.6 meters high, in 1941 it was destroyed by the Red army. A large
part of the city was destroyed in the Second World War, during the
summer of 1941 when the city was in full front.
During the Soviet
occupation of Estonia the city was rebuilt and experienced a new
economic growth. From 1950 to 1959 the city became the capital of Türi
County.
In 1995 the Türi Museum was inaugurated.
In 1997
the Türi College of the University of Tartu was opened for the study of
environmental sciences.
In 2000 Mart Laar, the Prime Minister of
Estonia, declares the municipality the spring capital of Estonia.
The village is located within the term of the rural municipality of
Türi of which it is its administrative center.
A third of the
city is covered by parks and green areas, highlighting the Lokuta Park
created in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The Pärnu
River borders the city at its eastern end. In addition, the town has an
artificial lake of 7.7 hectares, the Türi Lake (Türi järv), which has
become an interesting pole of attraction for visitors. The lake built in
1990 has an island and an outdoor swimming pool.
Türi Museum (Türi Muuseum), opened in 1995 houses a permanent
exhibition on the history of the city from its beginnings to 1940. Among
others, it shows the history of the railway that arrived in the city in
1900, and the evolution of the industry in the area based mainly on the
old paper factory.
The Estonian broadcasting Museum (Eesti
Ringhäälingumuuseum) was opened in 1999, it traces the history of
Estonian radio and television from its inception in 1926 to the present.
The Türi Church (Türi Kirik) was started to be built at the end of the
xiii century. The pulpit from 1630 and the rich Baroque altarpiece of
the altar from 1693 are two important pieces of Estonian art. The tower
dates from 1867. It is believed that the area in which the church is
located was in pre-Christian times a place of worship where the ancient
Norwegians worshipped Tor.
The Hacienda de Lokuta is a building,
located in the homonymous park, of classicist style built in the forties
of the nineteenth century. During the Soviet period the building housed
a primary school and today it is used as a kindergarten.
In addition,
because it has the title of the spring capital of Estonia, the town
offers a large number of cultural events from March 20 to May 20, among
which is the Flower Festival.