Antsla
Antsla (Anzen) is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish. The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405.
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Overview
The town has a furniture factory. During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment. Located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.
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Key facts
• Name — Antsla • Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Estonia • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Võru County • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Antsla Parish • Population Total — 1201 • Population As Of — 2026 • Population Rank — 41st • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3
Notable people
Notable people
• Halja Klaar (1930–2021), film artist • Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military Major general • Maarja Nummert (1944–2024), architect of school buildings. • Joel Luhamets (born 1952), Lutheran prelate, bishop of the Southern Region • Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician • Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician, former MEP • Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist, radio, TV personality and caricaturist. • Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier, competed in the 1992 & 1994 Winter Olympics • Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower, competed in the 2000 & 2004 Summer Olympics
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