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KAAS Publication supported by Environmental Investment Centre ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY Environmental Board Pärnu-Viljandi Region 64 Roheline Str., 80010 Pärnu Phone +372 447 7388 [email protected] www.keskkonnaamet.ee VISITING INFORMATION Pärnu Visitor Centre, 4 Uus Str., Pärnu Phone +372 447 3000, +372 5330 4134 [email protected] www.visitparnu.com Open: 15 May–15 September Mon-Sun 9:00–18:00 16 September–14 May Mon-Fri 9:00–17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00–14:00 Compiled by: M. Palginõmm, M. Merivee Front page photo: View of the Nature Reserve of Pärnu Coastal Meadow and of the City of Pärnu, M. Kose Layout by: Akriibia Ltd Printed by: Aktaprint PLC © Environmental Board 2012 DOS AND DON’TS FOR VISITORS ● You can move about on private land from sunrise to sunset unless you do damage to the landowner. ● In case the private land is fenced or marked, you will need the landowner’s permission. ● Keep the protected area clean, do not drop litter. ● Drive your motor vehicle only on the provided roads and park it only in the car park. ● At the time of wildfire hazard, making open fire, even on special grounds, is forbidden. ● You can use non-power driven watercraft on the bodies of water. It is allowed to use the motorised watercraft on the Pärnu River. ● Keep your dog on the leash while moving about in the nature. ● You can pick berries, mushrooms and other forest goods in the pro- tected area. When you see damage done to the nature or visiting objects, inform the Environmental Inspectorate by phone 1313. Pärnu NATURE RESERVE OF PÄRNU COASTAL MEADOW The Nature Reserve of Pärnu Coastal Meadow was established in 1958 with its original aim to protect the coastal reed bed as the birds’ nesting area. In 2007, the area was expanded to its present borders. Nowadays the protected area covers 371.4 hectares, 96% of which is within the boundaries of the City of Pärnu, and consists of three separate parts. The largest part lies from the spa hotel Tervise Paradiis to Raeküla while the smaller ones are the coastal lagoon behind the women’s beach and Old Pärnu’s coastal meadows. The objective of the nature reserve is to preserve the valued habitats: coastal lagoons, coastal meadows, and white dunes or moving coastal dunes. Several protected species of plants, such as the fen orchid, marsh angelica, Baltic marsh orchid, broad-leaved helleborine, etc., grow in the coastal meadow. It is also an important stop- over site for migratory birds as well as the nesting place for the lapwing, redshank, ringed plover, and other birds. A good view of both the coastal meadow and Pärnu Bay opens from the bird watching tower in the Old-Pärnu zone of the nature reserve on the right bank of the Pärnu River. It is most interesting to observe the birds in the waterfowl’s spring migration period. PROTECTED PARKS OF PÄRNU Old parks play an important part in the city’s natural and cultural heritage. Vanapark (Old Park), the first in Pärnu, was founded in 1831. The design of Rannapark (Beach Park) started in 1882. Oscar Alexander Brackmann, the mayor of those days, ordered the town’s planning project from the landscape architect Georg Kuphaldt. The project was completed in 1889 and was the basis for the further development of the park zone. In 1936, the milieu of the resort town was described as follows: Pärnu is beautiful. Photo: Baltic march orchid, M. Kose Photo: View of Pärnu Vallikäär (Rampart Moat) and Valli (Rampart) Park, M. Kose Photo: Rannapark (Beach Park), L. Michelson Photo: European nightjar, M. Kose Photo: View of the Pärnu River, M. Kose It happens rarely that you find a happy harmony of three most important natural resources, such as extremely warm sea water, enchantment of unceasing sun, and the spacious, smooth and soft- sandy beach, which is sheltered from cold winds by an ancient park. The Pärnu of summer sinks into verdure. Out of Pärnu’s town parks, six are under protection: Rannapark, Vanapark, Lydia Koidula’ Park, and the parks of Valli, Munamäe and Annemõisa. Pärnu’s lovely and shady parks with powerful alleys of oaks and lime trees are treasured as sites for cultural events, meetings and recreation. In one of the most-beloved parks, Lydia Koidula’s Park, a monument (sculptor Amandus Adamson) to the famous Estonian poetess is standing. Rannapark boasts the Ammende Villa, completed in 1905 in the Art Nouveau style, the Kursaal, dating back to the late 19 th century, the Rannahotell (Beach Hotel) and Rannakohvik (Beach Café) in the functionalist style, and the hotel – boarding house Vasa (1937–1940). NIIDU LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AREA In the early 20 th century, Mayor O. Brackmann initiated the estab- lishment of a gathering place for the town’s ignoble people on the edge of the town, on the right bank of the Pärnu River. The place became a favoured outing destination and, with the aim to preserve the natural values, the Niidu Forest was taken under protection as a nature monument in 1958. In order to protect the mosaic area with its elements of a garden city, old park forest, riverside meadow and ancient wood, the Niidu Landscape Protection Area (85 hectares) was established in 2007. The local forests are of different ages and rich in species. The valued forest communities are paludified black alder stands and alluvial forests. The age of the trees strikes with awe: the oaks are 100, the black alders 130, the lime trees 180 and the pines 150-200 years old. Several interesting species of birds, such as the woodlark, serin, moorhen, tawny owl, stock dove, kingfisher, and grey-headed woodpecker, can be seen. On the right bank of the Pärnu River, the protected area is crossed by the Olympic Champion Jüri Jaanson Health Trail, which is valued for both recreation and sporting. PÄRNU LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AREA The Pärnu Landscape Protection Area (517.6 hectares, out of which 0.2 hectares are within the City of Pärnu) was established as a part of the city’s green belt in 2007. The protected area has different valued habitats: wooded dunes, damp hollows between the dunes, old natural forests, spruce stands rich in grasses, and paludifying and deciduous swamp woods. Several rare species of plants, such as the twayblade, broad-leaved helleborine, fir clubmoss, etc. grow in the varied landscape. The honey buzzard, hazel grouse, Ural owl, European nightjar, grey-headed woodpecker, black woodpecker, woodlark, red- backed shrike and red-breasted flycatcher are some examples of the interesting species of birds living here. The rare sand lizard lives in the protected area. The city people love the Pärnu Landscape Protection Area as a good berry and mushroom forest as well as a place for different sports events. PROTECTED ANCIENT TREES In the City of Pärnu, two ancient trees are under protection as nature monuments: the oak tree at 3 Kooli Street and the pine called Peksumänd (Beating Pine). The latter with its age of 300 years is located on the city’s edge in the territory of the former Tammiste Manor. The protected tree is in a bad condition, its one branch is broken. The folklore says that the manor’s serfs, who were going to be whipped, were tied up to the tree. Protected Nature Monuments of CITY OF PÄRNU PÄRNU RIVER’S SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATION The Pärnu River’s Special Area of Conservation (189 km, out of which 10 km are within the City of Pärnu) was founded in 2007 to protect the habitat type of rivers and brooks as well as the protected species living there. It is a part of the Natura 2000 network. The species under protection are the spined loach, bullhead, river lamprey, sea lamprey, salmon, and thick shelled river mussel. PÄRNU BAY’S SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA The Pärnu Bay’s Special Protection Area, covering 102,800 hectares of water area (230 ha of which are within the City of Pärnu) and 362.8 hectares of land, is one of Estonia’s largest bird areas. The special protection area was established in 2004 in order to protect the habitats of protected birds. It belongs to the lists of SPAs of European and international importance. More than 200,000 waterfowl can be counted here on their spring and autumn migration. Pärnu Bay is most favoured by the tundra swan, whooper swan and barnacle goose.
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Publication supported byEnvironmental Investment Centre
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITYEnvironmental BoardPärnu-Viljandi Region
64 Roheline Str., 80010 Pärnu Phone +372 447 7388
VISITING INFORMATIONPärnu Visitor Centre, 4 Uus Str., PärnuPhone +372 447 3000, +372 5330 4134
Open:15 May–15 September Mon-Sun 9:00–18:0016 September–14 May Mon-Fri 9:00–17:00,
Sat-Sun 10:00–14:00
Compiled by: M. Palginõmm, M. MeriveeFront page photo: View of the Nature
Reserve of Pärnu Coastal Meadow and of the City of Pärnu, M. Kose
Layout by: Akriibia LtdPrinted by: Aktaprint PLC
© Environmental Board 2012
DOS AND DON’TS FOR VISITORS ● You can move about on private land from sunrise to sunset unless you do damage to the landowner.
● In case the private land is fenced or marked, you will need the landowner’s permission.
● Keep the protected area clean, do not drop litter. ● Drive your motor vehicle only on the provided roads and park it only in the car park.
● At the time of wildfire hazard, making open fire, even on special grounds, is forbidden.
● You can use non-power driven watercraft on the bodies of water. It is allowed to use the motorised watercraft on the Pärnu River.
● Keep your dog on the leash while moving about in the nature. ● You can pick berries, mushrooms and other forest goods in the pro-tected area.
When you see damage done to the nature or visiting objects, inform the Environmental Inspectorate by phone 1313.
Pärnu
NATURE RESERVE OF PÄRNU COASTAL MEADOW The Nature Reserve of Pärnu Coastal Meadow was established in 1958 with its original aim to protect the coastal reed bed as the birds’ nesting area. In 2007, the area was expanded to its present borders. Nowadays the protected area covers 371.4 hectares, 96% of which is within the boundaries of the City of Pärnu, and consists of three separate parts. The largest part lies from the spa hotel Tervise Paradiis to Raeküla while the smaller ones are the coastal lagoon behind the women’s beach and Old Pärnu’s coastal meadows. The objective of the nature reserve is to preserve the valued habitats: coastal lagoons, coastal meadows, and white dunes or moving coastal dunes.
Several protected species of plants, such as the fen orchid, marsh angelica, Baltic marsh orchid, broad-leaved helleborine, etc., grow in the coastal meadow. It is also an important stop-over site for migratory birds as well as the nesting place for the lapwing, redshank, ringed plover, and other birds.
A good view of both the coastal meadow and Pärnu Bay opens from the bird watching tower in the Old-Pärnu zone of the nature reserve on the right bank of the Pärnu River. It is most interesting to observe the birds in the waterfowl’s spring migration period.
PROTECTED PARKS OF PÄRNU Old parks play an important part in the city’s natural and cultural heritage. Vanapark (Old Park), the first in Pärnu, was founded in 1831. The design of Rannapark (Beach Park) started in 1882. Oscar Alexander Brackmann, the mayor of those days, ordered the town’s planning project from the landscape architect Georg Kuphaldt. The project was completed in 1889 and was the basis for the further development of the park zone. In 1936, the milieu of the resort town was described as follows: Pärnu is beautiful.
Photo: Baltic march orchid, M. Kose
Photo: View of Pärnu Vallikäär (Rampart Moat) and Valli (Rampart) Park, M. Kose
Photo: Rannapark (Beach Park), L. Michelson
Photo: European nightjar, M. Kose
Photo: View of the Pärnu River, M. Kose
It happens rarely that you find a happy harmony of three most important natural resources, such as extremely warm sea water, enchantment of unceasing sun, and the spacious, smooth and soft-sandy beach, which is sheltered from cold winds by an ancient park. The Pärnu of summer sinks into verdure.
Out of Pärnu’s town parks, six are under protection: Rannapark, Vanapark, Lydia Koidula’ Park, and the parks of Valli, Munamäe and Annemõisa. Pärnu’s lovely and shady parks with powerful alleys of oaks and lime trees are treasured as sites for cultural events, meetings and recreation. In one of the most-beloved parks, Lydia Koidula’s Park, a monument (sculptor Amandus Adamson) to the famous Estonian poetess is standing. Rannapark boasts the Ammende Villa, completed in 1905 in the Art Nouveau style, the Kursaal, dating back to the late 19
th century, the Rannahotell (Beach
Hotel) and Rannakohvik (Beach Café) in the functionalist style, and the hotel – boarding house Vasa (1937–1940).
NIIDU LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AREAIn the early 20
th century, Mayor O. Brackmann initiated the estab-
lishment of a gathering place for the town’s ignoble people on the edge of the town, on the right bank of the Pärnu River. The place became a favoured outing destination and, with the aim to preserve the natural values, the Niidu Forest was taken under protection as a nature monument in 1958. In order to protect the mosaic area with its elements of a garden city, old park forest, riverside meadow and ancient wood, the Niidu Landscape Protection Area (85 hectares) was established in 2007.
The local forests are of different ages and rich in species. The valued forest communities are paludified black alder stands and alluvial forests. The age of the trees strikes with awe: the oaks are 100, the black alders 130, the lime trees 180 and the pines 150-200 years old. Several interesting species of birds, such as the woodlark, serin, moorhen, tawny owl, stock dove, kingfisher, and grey-headed woodpecker, can be seen.
On the right bank of the Pärnu River, the protected area is crossed by the Olympic Champion Jüri Jaanson Health Trail, which is valued for both recreation and sporting.
PÄRNU LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AREAThe Pärnu Landscape Protection Area (517.6 hectares, out of which 0.2 hectares are within the City of Pärnu) was established as a part of the city’s green belt in 2007. The protected area has different valued habitats: wooded dunes, damp hollows between the dunes, old natural forests, spruce stands rich in grasses, and paludifying and deciduous swamp woods. Several rare species of plants, such as the twayblade, broad-leaved helleborine, fir clubmoss, etc. grow in the varied landscape. The honey buzzard, hazel grouse, Ural owl, European nightjar, grey-headed woodpecker, black woodpecker, woodlark, red-backed shrike and red-breasted flycatcher are some examples of the interesting species of birds living here. The rare sand lizard lives in the protected area. The city people love the Pärnu Landscape Protection Area as a good berry and mushroom forest as well as a place for different sports events.
PROTECTED ANCIENT TREESIn the City of Pärnu, two ancient trees are under protection
as nature monuments: the oak tree at 3 Kooli Street and the pine called Peksumänd (Beating Pine). The latter with its age of 300 years is located on the city’s edge in the territory of the former Tammiste Manor. The protected tree is in a bad condition, its one branch is broken. The folklore says that the manor’s serfs, who were going to be whipped, were tied up to the tree.
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PÄRNU RIVER’S SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATIONThe Pärnu River’s Special Area of Conservation (189 km, out of which 10 km are within the City of Pärnu) was founded in 2007 to protect the habitat type of rivers and brooks as well as the protected species living there. It is a part of the Natura 2000 network. The species under protection are the spined loach, bullhead, river lamprey, sea lamprey, salmon, and thick shelled river mussel.
PÄRNU BAY’S SPECIAL PROTECTION AREAThe Pärnu Bay’s Special Protection Area, covering 102,800 hectares of water area (230 ha of which are within the City of Pärnu) and 362.8 hectares of land, is one of Estonia’s largest bird areas. The special protection area was established in 2004 in order to protect the habitats of protected birds. It belongs to the lists of SPAs of European and international importance. More than 200,000 waterfowl can be counted here on their spring and autumn migration. Pärnu Bay is most favoured by the tundra swan, whooper swan and barnacle goose.
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