Coat of arms of the Kesklinn (town center) District in Tallinn: vertical white cross on a red background with a white circle in the middle around a red four-leafed clover and a eyllow heart in the middle. With, again, apologies for my ignorance of heraldic nomenclature.
#Kesklinn #Linnaosa.
Town center. One of Tallinn’s 8 Districts (Linnaosad). It includes the following Asumid (Sub-districts):
For details, see:
tallinnstreets.com/en/kesklinn
Coat of arms of the Nõmme District in Tallinn: top-left diagonal half, pale brown with stylized, green heather-like plant, and its reverse on the bottom right half. With, again, apologies for my ignorance of heraldic nomenclature.
#Nõmme (Nõmm) #Linnaosa #Asum
Heath, moor, moorland. An odd one: although the #nõminative is #Nõmm, as far as streets or Districts are concerned, it’s never used. Elsewhere (e.g. #Harjuorg, etc.) the occasional District is in the nominative for
Read more:
tallinnstreets.com/en/nomme
Coat of arms of Lasnamäe district of Tallinn, Estonia: a light blue and silver shield split lengthwise with a wavy upper part in contrasting colours and a four-pointed star. The star represents the St. George's Night fire spreading from Lasnamäe, and the Tallinn upper lighthouse.
#Lasnamäe (Lasnamägi) #Linnaosa
#Tallinn District, largely consisting of acres of workers’ housing, often post-70s-built neo-‘#Khrushchyovkas’ (хрущёвка: khrushchyovka, punning on the #Russian for slums, #трущобы, trushcheby), reputedly...
Read More:
tallinnstreets.com/en/lasnamaee
It includes the following #Asumid (Sub-districts): #Kadaka, #Mustamäe, #Siili and #Sääse. See #Nõmme.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Linnaosa #District
#Asum #SubDistrict
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Mustamäe (Mustamägi) #Linnaosa #Asum
#BlackHill, black mountain. Although use of the word ‘mountain’ is questionable (see #Mäe for discussion). Most capital cities have buildings taller than Estonia’s mountains. Right or wrong, the nominative #Mustamägi is sometimes heard. Even saying
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#Pirita (Pirita) #Linnaosa #Asum
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kesklinn #Maarjamäe #Pirita #Kadriorg
xAfter Birgitta Birgersdotter, Saint Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373. The Brigittine sisters first arrived in Estonia in 1412, five years after its founding. Host to the annual Birgitta Music Festival,
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Coat of arms of the Kirstiine District in Tallinn: symmetrical white cross on a red background with a white clover-leaf top left. With apologies for my ignorance of heraldic nomenclature.
#Kristiine (?): #Linnaosa
Built on former Kristiine heinamaa, or Kristiine meadow, after Queen Christina of Sweden (see #Kristiina). One of #Tallinn’s 8 Districts. It includes the following Sub-districts: #Järve, #Lilleküla and #Tondi. Plus an exciting shopping mall. See Lasnamäe.
