Holy Spirit Church
The Church of the Holy Ghost or Church of the Holy Spirit is a medieval Lutheran church in the old town district of Tallinn, Estonia. It is located behind Raekoja plats, and lies opposite the Great Guild and Maiasmokk, Tallinn's oldest café.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Tallinn, Estonia
- Also known as: “Church of the Holy Spirit” and “Church of the Holy Spirit, Tallinn”
- Address: Pühavaimu 2, Tallinn, 10123
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall Pharmacy and Estonian History Museum.
Town Hall Pharmacy
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Raeapteek is a pharmacy in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. Opposite the Tallinn Town Hall, at 11 Raekoja plats, it is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same house since the early 15th century.
Estonian History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estonian History Museum is a museum about the history of Estonia in Tallinn. It was initially established by the pharmacist Johann Burchart, who ran the town hall pharmacy known as the Raeapteek.
House of the Blackheads
Theater building
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
House of the Blackheads, or House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is a former headquarters of the Brotherhood of Blackheads.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesklinn and Maakri.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.
Maakri
Quarter
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.
Holy Spirit Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.43813° or 59° 26′ 17″ northLongitude
24.7459° or 24° 44′ 45″ eastHeight
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
9GF6CPQW+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 28131871OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q777726
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Holy Spirit Church” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Царква Святога Духа, Талін”
- Belarusian: “Царква Святога Духа”
- Belarusian: “Царква Сьвятога Духа”
- Chinese: “聖靈教堂”
- Danish: “Helligåndskirken”
- Dutch: “Heilige Geestkerk (Tallinn)”
- Dutch: “Heilige Geestkerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه الروح القدس”
- Esperanto: “preĝejo de Sankta Spirito ĉe Talino”
- Estonian: “Püha Vaimu kirik”
- Estonian: “Pühavaimu kirik”
- Estonian: “Tallinna Püha Vaimu kirik”
- Estonian: “Tallinna Pühavaimu kirik”
- Finnish: “Pyhän Hengen kirkko (Tallinna)”
- Finnish: “Pyhän Hengen kirkko”
- French: “Église du Saint-Esprit de Tallinn”
- French: “église du Saint-Esprit”
- French: “Église du Saint-Esprit”
- German: “Heiliggeistkirche”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία του Αγίου Πνεύματος”
- Hungarian: “Szentlélek-templom”
- Japanese: “聖霊教会”
- Latvian: “Tallinas Svētā Gara baznīca”
- Persian: “کلیسای روحالقدس، تالین”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Ducha w Tallinnie”
- Russian: “церковь Святого Духа”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Духа”
- Swedish: “Helgeandskyrkan, Tallinn”
- Turkish: “Kutsal Ruh Kilisesi (Tallinn)”
- Turkish: “Kutsal Ruh Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Духа”
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