Latest posts tagged with #Dunkri on Bluesky
#boden in #RaekojaTänav and #Dunkri, for more details, see #Kinga.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Food #Toit
#Industry #Tööstus
#Commerce #Kaubandus
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
#History #Ajalugu
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#Vana Tooma (Vana Toomas)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#OldThomas. Named after the character on the weather-vane on top of the #Raekoja plats spire. #SovietOccupation renaming (1963-1987) of #Dunkri, although what political message they were sending out is not sure.
#FolkCulture #RahvaKultuur
Dominiiklaste (Dominiiklased [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Dominican friars (Sing.: #Dominiiklane), see #Katoliku. Neither this location nor the next, #Dunkri, appear in Kivi’s #TallinnaTänavad of 1972. Although today this is a #hoov (from Ger. #Hof, courtyard), it used to be
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Previously #Tähe, (1908-1959) aka #Sternstraße (not to be confused with #Dunkri) (1907-?), reappearing in 1942 after the III Reich’s February 2nd declaration that #German was now the official state language in the #besetztenOstgebiete or Occupied Eastern Territories.
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#Dunkri (Hans Dunker, 16th C)
Although Dunker is an old Germanic name for someone who lived near a swamp – pretty much applicable to anyone in #Estonia – It seems this was a 16th‑C merchant, originally from #Lübeck, prime city of the...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Eponyms #Eponüümid
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