The Great Guild/Suurgild
Guild had the right to belong to the town council and could be elected for mayor.
Tallinn's small coat of arms is also the Great Guild's coat of arms. Guild was led by
Alderman, with the assistance of two advisers. Guild only accepted merchants, who
had a house, wife and who was local.
Great Guild activity ended in 1920, when Estonia abolished guilds.
The Great Guild Hall
The Great Guild Hall is one of the most outstanding buildings of medieval Tallinn. In 1406,
it was purchased Burgomaster Gosschalk Schotelmund's house on Pikk street.
In 1410, the construction was completed. Same year the Great Guild moved into the
building.
The facade was designed in a style characteristic of gothic Tallinn.
The 16th century witnessed the addition of a gable tower with wind vane, as well as a light
latern above the main portal. In 1551, the excise chamber was built at the end of Börsi
passage facing Pikk street.
The Great Guild Hall
The wind vane and coat of
arms
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