August Maramaa

August Maramaa (before 1922 August Marfeldt; 6 April 1881 Aakre Parish, Tartu County – 26 December 1941 Vyatski Prison Camp, Kirov, Russia) was an Estonian politician, teacher and mayor of Viljandi from 1919 to 1921 and 1927-1939.

He graduated in 1902. He worked as a teacher and school leader in Viljandi Country and Viljandi. He published mathematics textbooks.

He was a member of I Riigikogu. On 15 September, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Aleksander Tulp. Maramaa was Mayor of Viljandi from 1919 until 1921, and again from 1927 until 1939.^[1]

On January 8, 1941, he was arrested by the NKVD and deported to the Vyatski Prison Camp in Kirov, Russia, where he died on December 26 the same year.

Personal[edit]

Maramaa married Anna Roosson in 1909 (Anna Maramma, deported in June 1941) and had five children.

His son Harri Haamer was a teacher at St. Jacob's Congregation, Tartu Paulus Congregation, Tarvastu Peetri Congregation and Kõpu Peetri Congregations. His grandson Eenok Haamer is a teacher at Mustvee and Lohusuu Congregations and his granddaughter Maarja Haamer-Render is an Estonian signer. His brother was the chemist Jaan Maramaa.

Recognition[edit]

• 1938 Order of the Estonian Red Cross III class

Commemoration[edit]

A sculpture of August Maramaa was opened next to Viljandi Town Hall in 2007. August Maramaa Puiestee (Boulevard) is also located in Viljandi.

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