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by Toomas Mölder
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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. Ratio: 1:2 (also used at 1:3).
Toomas Mölder, 12 June 1995
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971[ nor71] (original
print 1848):
98 Revel - Six stripes blue over white.
[bel56] has six stripes white over
blue for "Pavillon de Revel. en Livonie".
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 and 27 November 2001
The official present Estonian name of the city is "Tallinn" (with double L and stress on first syllable). The city was founded by the Danes in 1219 after a great battle against the Estonians in the place of an ancient Estonian fortification which used to be called "Lindanise" (Estonian), "Lindanäs" (Swedish) or "Kolyvan" / "Ledenets" (Russian). It was during this Danish- Estonian battle that, according to legend, the Dannebrog fell from the sky in the hands of king Valdemar II and led the Danes to victory. T