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The Weckengang ( Estonian Saiakang ) is an alley in the Estonian capital Tallinn ( German Reval ).
It is located in the historic old town of Reval and connects Langstrasse ( Estonian Pikk ) in the north with City Hall Square ( Raekoja plats ) in the south. Opposite the confluence with Langstrasse is the house of the Great Guild . Immediately to the west of the confluence is the Heiliggeistkirche . Next to the southern end of the street, which is covered by a barrel vault , is the Tallinn Ratsapotheke .
The name of the Weckengasse dates back to the 14th century and referred to the bakeries located here. In the alley, the listed building Weckengang 4 is the smallest town house in Reval.
Gastronomy and handicraft businesses are located in the small alley.
The chronicler Balthasar Russow lived at the southern end of the street in the 16th century . A restaurant specializing in garlic is named after him. There is also a café in the alley known as the Wake Up Walk .
literature
- Thorsten Altheide, Heli Rahkema: CityTrip Tallinn (= CityTrip series ). 4., rework. and completely updated. Edition Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8317-2815-2 , p. 25 f.
- Karl Sallmann: The German dialect in Estonia. One try. T. Kay, Cassel 1873, OCLC 705955032 ( preview in Google book search, p. 19 on Timpfwecke, p. 25 on Wecke , Weckengang, Weckenweib).
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Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 16.7 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 43.6" E