Official Name: | Vastseliina |
Native Name: | Vahtsõliina |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Võru County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Võru Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Vastseliina (Vahtsõliina; German: Neuhausen) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.[1] 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.