Klooga, Estonia

Borough in Estonia
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Small borough in Harju County, Estonia
59°19.2′N 24°12.84′E / 59.3200°N 24.21400°E / 59.3200; 24.21400Country EstoniaCounty Harju CountyMunicipality Lääne-Harju Parish

Klooga is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,203, of which the Estonians were 642 (53.4%).[1]

During the German occupation in World War II, Klooga concentration camp, a Nazi labor camp, was situated there as a satellite camp of Vaivara concentration camp. On 19 September 1944, about 2,000 inmates of the Klooga camp were executed and the corpses burned on pyres.

A large area of the settlement is covered by Estonian Defence Forces' military training field Klooga training area.

Klooga has rail stations Klooga and Klooga-Aedlinn on the Elron western route.

Gallery

  • Klooga railway station
    Klooga railway station
  • Former Soviet Army buildings
    Former Soviet Army buildings
  • Grave of Holocaust victims at Klooga cemetery.
    Grave of Holocaust victims at Klooga cemetery.
  • Lake Klooga

See also

References

  1. ^ "Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
Preceding station Elron Following station
Niitvälja
towards Tallinn
 Tallinn–Turba/Paldiski Klooga-Aedlinn
towards Paldiski
Kloogaranna
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59°19.2′N 24°12.84′E / 59.3200°N 24.21400°E / 59.3200; 24.21400

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