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Kompassi

Kompassi is a subdistrict in the district of , , the capital of . It has a population of 2,066. The Estonian Firefighting Museum is located in Kompassi inside a former fire department on Raua street.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: subdistrict of Tallinn
  • Also known as: “Peeter-Pauliirik”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. John’s almshouse and St. Nicholas Church.

Church
Photo: Vamps, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Church of St. John's almshouse is a wooden church in Tallinn, . Since 1999 the building is designated as "architectural monument". Nowadays, the church is used by a congregation belonging to Armenian Apostolic Church.

Museum
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
is a medieval church building in , . It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. Originally built as a Catholic church in the 13th century, it turned Lutheran during the Protestant Reformation in 1520s.

Synagogue
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Beit Bella Synagogue, is located in , . The privately funded synagogue in central Tallinn was inaugurated on May 16, 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kesklinn and Maakri.

Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the 8 administrative districts of , the capital of . It is situated on the and bordered to the northwest by the district of , to the west by , to the southwest by , to the east by and , and to the south by , beyond .

Quarter
is a subdistrict in the district of , , the capital of . It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.

Kompassi

Latitude
59.43581° or 59° 26′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.76092° or 24° 45′ 39″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9GF6CQP6+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 904922453
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
8619118
Wiki­data ID
Q887954
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Kompassi” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kompassi”
  • Estonian: “Kompassi asum”
  • Estonian: “Kompassi”
  • Finnish: “Kompassi”
  • Finnish: “Kompassin lähiö”
  • French: “Kompassi”
  • German: “Kompassi”
  • Russian: “Компасси”
  • Swedish: “Kompassi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kompassi”. Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.