Trade & Economy of Tallinn

Peep PõdderMarken Malm

• geographical placement of Tallinn• The Port of Tallinn • repeated invasions of Estonia

• The oldest remains of a fortified settlement (VIII-VII century BC)

• The oldest written records (325 BC)• Member of the Hanseatic League (1285)• Port of tallinn is a corporation.

• The House of the Blackheads

• The brotherhood of the Blackheads (May 14th 1400)

• Guild for unmarried merchants and shipowners

• Defended Tallinn from enemy invasions

• The building of the Town Hall of Tallinn (13th century-1404)• Town Hall was the seat of the self-government of Tallinn

until 1970.• Town Hall represented the power of the town council

• The Great Guild Hall housed the Great Guild of Tallinn(founded 1325)

• guild consisted of only the highest ranking merchants; active until 1920

• Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia (1710) • Estonia was caught in a current of national awakening.

Universities introduced Enlightenment ideas • The city was on the way up

A city that built its economy on saltLMT Airport; harboursIT department