Antsla
Antsla is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.
The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.
During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment.
Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.
Notable people
- Aimar Altosaar, sociologist and politician
- Teo Krüüner, military major general
- Maarja Nummert, architect
- Vilja Toomast, politician
- Vahur Kersna, journalist
- Urmas Välbe, cross-country skier
- Andrus Värnik, javelin thrower