Tammiku, Harju County

Tammiku (Kose)
Village
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Country Estonia
CountyHarju County
ParishKose Parish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Tammiku is a village in Kose Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.[1] Tammiku was the site of a 1994 unintentional disturbance of radiocaesium which resulted in one human fatality.[2]

Name

Tammiku was mentioned in written records as Tammick in 1637 and Tammiko mois in 1782, both referring to the manor there. The name (in the genitive case) comes from the common noun tammik 'oak forest', referring to the local vegetation.[3]

References

  1. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link‍] (retrieved 27 July 2021)
  2. ^ "The Radiological Accident in Tammiku". www.iaea.org. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ^ "Tammiku". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved September 12, 2024.


59°12′14″N 24°55′35″E / 59.20389°N 24.92639°E / 59.20389; 24.92639


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