Vastseliina

Vastseliina
Vahtsõliina (in Võro)
Vastseliina central square with the monument
Vastseliina
Coordinates: 57°43′47″N 27°17′37″E / 57.72972°N 27.29361°E / 57.72972; 27.29361
CountryEstonia
CountyVõru County
ParishVõru Parish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Vastseliina (Võro: Vahtsõliina; German: Neuhausen) is a small borough (alevik) in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Vastseliina was the center of Vastseliina raion from 1950 to 1959. Vastseliina is the birthplace of wrestler and 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eduard Pütsep and writer and lawyer Uido Truija.

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