#Angerja

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

9 months ago

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Angerja.

View between two rows of apartment blocks in Angerja, Tallinn.

A small and solitary rockery in Angerja, Tallinn.

Apartment block in Angerja, Tallinn.

#Angerja (Angerjas)
Eel, Anguilla anguilla. Probably named after those found in the nearby former marshland of #KalamäeSoo (fish-hill marsh, see #Erika).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Fish #Kalad
#Food #Toit

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

9 months ago

Alternative window, i.e. bricked up, in Soo, Tallinn

Wooden apartment with vines and limestone wall in Soo, Tallinn

View along Soo, Tallinn, in the direction of Tööstuse.

Entrance to church in Kalju in Soo, Tallinn.

#Nikonovi J. (1951-1991) during the #SovietOccupation. The fact that #Soo ‘starts’ in #Kalamaja probably caused #Kivi’s notion that #KalamäSoo was located there too, see #Angerja.

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Angerja (Angerjas)
Eel, Anguilla anguilla. Probably named after those found in the nearby former marshland of #Kalamäe soo (fish-hill marsh, see #Erika).
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Karjamaa
#Fish #Kalad
#MarshyStreetnames #SoisedTänavanimed

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

Woman’s first name but, given its then #German designation as Erikastrasse (heather street), most likely named after the shrub growing on the drier parts of the ‘#KallamäeSoo’* or #Kalamäe marshland on Eurich’s map, reclaimed in 1898 (see also #Angerja),
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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