Lilleküla

Location of Lilleküla (red) in the Tallinn district of Kristiine (yellow)

Place name sign of Lilleküla

Lilleküla is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . The district is located in the Kristiine district .

description

The district of Lilleküla (in German "flower village") has 23,356 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010). Numerous street names are named after flowers.

Lilleküla has a high school ( Tallinna Lilleküla Gümnaasium ) and a railway station. The modern Tallinn shopping center Kristiine Keskus is located in the district .

history

Until the middle of the 19th century, the area was mainly meadow and pasture land in the Kristiina district. Some summer houses were also built. Only around 1860 did a denser development grow. With the construction of the train station in 1869/70, population growth increased steadily on both sides of the railroad tracks, which increased with the establishment of factories (such as the R. Mayer-Werke AG ).

The district received its current name in the 1920s.

Web links

Commons : Lilleküla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.tallinn.ee/kristiine/Lillekula

Coordinates: 59 ° 25 '  N , 24 ° 43'  E