The 4 oldest Churches in Tallinn
P o r g a s s a a r, Kristina; A l j a s, Eva-Grete; K u u s k e m a a, Jüri. Tallinn: Medieval capital. Tallinn:
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T ä h e p õ l d, Kadri. 2005. Giidi käsiraamat: Vanalinn. Tallinn: Ecce Revalia
St. Nicholas' Church
The St.Nicholas' Church is one of the most important and oldest churches of Tallinn.
It was probably established by German merchants, who settled in Tallinn from Gotland and
the invitation of the Order of the Brethren of the Sword in the 1240s. Not much information
is available about the population of Tallinn in that period. Toompea was the seat of vassals
of the King of Denmark, while the port area between the present St.Olaf's Church and
the Russian church destroyed in the fire of 1433 was probably settled by Scandinavian
and Russian merchants, respectively. The Town Hall Square, which later became the heart
of the medieval city, and the adjacent territory of the Holy Ghost Church may have been
occupied by Estonian residents
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