Reval

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Reval is the historical German name for Tallinn, the capital city and major port of present-day Estonia on the Baltic Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Reval canonical 10
Reval (Tallinn) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
historical city name
associatedWithEvent Battle of Reval (1790)
surface form: Battle of Reval (1602)

Battle of Reval (1790)
Great Northern War
Northern Crusades
capitalOf Governorate of Estonia
etymologyPossiblyFrom Rävala (ancient Estonian county)
formerOfficialNameOf Tallinn
governedAs free city of the Holy Roman Empire (de facto Hanseatic city)
hasAlternativeName Revalia
surface form: Revalen

Revalia
Revalia (Latinized)
hasCityRightsSince 13th century
hasPort Port of Tallinn
historicalMajorityUrbanPopulation Baltic Germans
historicalMinorityPopulation Estonians
Russians
Swedes
historicalNameOf Tallinn
isCapitalCityOf Estonia
linkedBySeaRoutesTo Lübeck
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Stockholm
locatedInHistoricalRegion Duchy of Estonia
Estonia
Governorate of Estonia
Livonia
locatedInPresentDayCountry Estonia
locatedOn Baltic Sea
modernName Tallinn
partOf Hanseatic League (historical)
surface form: Hanseatic League
partOfTradeRoute Hanseatic trade network in the Baltic Sea
religionHistoricallyDominant Lutheranism
timePeriodAsOfficialNameEnd 1918
timePeriodAsOfficialNameStart 13th century
underRuleOf Danish Crown
German Empire
surface form: German Empire (occupation during World War I)

Russian Empire
Sweden
Teutonic Order
usedInLanguage Danish
German
Icelandic
Low German
Norwegian
Swedish
wasImportantFor Baltic maritime trade
Hanseatic commerce

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