House of the Blackheads
A house of the Blackheads (also Blackheads House) is the meeting house of the Brotherhood of Blackheads , an association of unmarried merchants in the Hanseatic cities of the Baltic States . The name is derived from Saint Mauritius , the always dark-skinned patron saint of the brotherhood. This brotherhood only existed in old Livonia , in today's Estonia and Latvia . After joining the guild, the career often led the most successful merchants to the city council.
House of the Blackheads in Riga
The most famous House of the Blackheads, which has been faithfully rebuilt since 1999, is located on Riga's Town Hall Square .
House of the Blackheads in Tallinn
The House of the Blackheads in Tallinn , formerly Reval , was built around 1597. The facade of the house, with its beautifully worked portal, is in the style of the Dutch Renaissance of the 16th century. The coats of arms of the Hanseatic offices of Bruges , Novgorod , London and Bergen are located on the ground floor .
The brotherhood in today's Tallinn existed from 1399 to 1940. The Russian tsars Peter I , Paul and Alexander I were honorary members of the brotherhood and visited this house.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Neumann : The medieval Riga . Springer, Berlin 1892, p. 54
- ^ Alfred Kirchhoff : Regional geography of Europe . Third part, Tempsky, Prague 1907, p. 282