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Tallinn (Estonia)

Tallinn

by Toomas Mölder
Ratio: 1:2 (also used at 1:3)

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Flag Description

The image of the flag of Tallinn was fixed for the first time in a Heraldics Atlas, published in the middle of the XVIII century in Nuremburg. In the middle-ages it was the flag of the commercial fleet of the Hansatown.
toomas mölder , 12June 1995

Coats of Arms

The Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies in 1988 and the new City Council of Tallinn on May 23rd, 1991 confirmed the regulations for the usage of the two historical coats of arms and the flag of the town.
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Big Coat of Arms

by Toomas Mölder

The history of the big coat of arms of Tallinn begins in the XIII century. The three crowned blue lions Passant guardant descend from the coat of arms of Danish king Waldemar II [1202-1241], the first landlord of the town. In 1788 Russian empress Catherine II corroborated the big coat of arms together with its mantling and crest. During the years 1940-1988 it was not in use. Nowadays it is used on the City Government's seal, official forms, honour certificates etc. without mantling and crest, being the official coat of arms of Tallinn.
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Another COA appears at: http://rex.rk.ee/symb/tallinns.html

Dov Gutterman , 1 July 1999

Small Coats of Arms

With Silver Crest	With White Crest

In the XV-XVI centuries the small coat of arms of Tallinn was established after the coat of arms of the Great Guild, which by a wellknown story derived from the Danish flag Danebrog. During the years of the Estonian Republic (1918-1940) the small coat of arms was also used as the coat of arms of the Harju County. Now it is used on souvenirs and on town decorations.
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