Viimsi

Also known as Wiems

Viimsi () is a small borough () in Harju County, Estonia, about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, just north of Tallinn's subdistrict Merivälja. Viimsi is the administrative centre of Viimsi Parish. As of the 2021 census, its population was 2,703.

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Settlement.name: Viimsi
Settlement.settlement_type: Small borough
Settlement.image_skyline: Viimsi1, 2010.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Viimsi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Estonia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Estonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 24px Harju County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 24px Viimsi Parish
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1471
Settlement.population_total: 2703
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021 Census

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Official name: Viimsi
Population: 2703
Area: 1.62
Image: Viimsi mõisa tagakülg.jpg

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Commons category: Viimsi
native label: Wiems
time of earliest written record: 1471-00-00
postal code: 74001

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Viimsi Manor, which was established by St. Brigitta Nunnery (in Pirita), was first mentioned in 1471 as Wiems. After the Great Northern War, the manor had multiple owners, among them the Stenbock, Buxhoeveden, Maydell and Schottländer families. After the dispossession in 1919 the manor was given to the commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army, General Johan Laidoner, who owned it until 1940. During World War II, it was used by the Red Army. Since 2001, the building has housed the National War Museum of Estonia (also the Museum of General Laidoner).