Tammeküla
Village in Estonia
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Tammeküla is a village in Järva Parish, Järva County in central Estonia.[1]
Name
Tammeküla was attested in historical sources as Tamakula in 1583, Tammekil in 1624, and Tamme in 1797. The name is a compound of the word tamm 'oak' and küla 'village', thus meaning 'oak village', presumably referring to the local vegetation. [2]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Tammeküla include the following:
- Jaan Jung (1835–1900), educator, archeologist, and historian
- Ene Mihkelson (1944–2017), writer
