Former water tower in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to the Tallinn Tõnismägi high school (Tallinna Tõnismäe Riigigümnaasium).

Another view of the former water tower in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to the Tallinn Tõnismägi high school (Tallinna Tõnismäe Riigigümnaasium).

Yet another tower cum folly in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to a petrol company.

Another view of the tower cum folly in Tõnismägi, Tallinn, now home to a petrol company.

that #Tõnismägi used to be much higher until the damn #Swedes turned up and forced the local peasants to hack off its lofty crags as building material for city earthworks.
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#FragmentsOfHistory #AjalooKillud
4/6

Jobst Dunte 2 (1569-1615), #Tallinn #alderman, #Rector of #Niguliste church, member (?) of the ‘#Mustpea’, Brotherhood of St. Maurice, or Blackheads (see #Jüriöö), probably referred to as Ä., der Ältere, the Elder, although it could also be his father, had 3 sons:
#JobstDunte #AjalooKillud
4/11