- The first-ever
Danish flag
falling from the sky
during the
Battle of
Lindanise (Tallinn), 15 June 1219.
Painted by C. A.
Lorentzen in 1809....
- The
Battle of
Lyndanisse or
Lindanise was
fought on 15 June 1219
during the
Northern Crusades,
between the
forces of the
invading Kingdom of
Denmark and...
-
historiography connects the
introduction of the flag to the
Battle of
Lindanise of 1219. The
elongated Nordic cross,
which represents Christianity, reflects...
-
second camp and
attacked the
Estonians from the rear.
During the
Battle of
Lindanise, the
legend says that
whenever Bishop Sunesen raised his arms the Danes...
-
Valdemar II
landed in the
harbor of
Lindanise (Tallinn) and
defeated the
local Estonians in the
Battle of
Lindanise. This
brought northern Estonia under...
- countryside. Tallinn, the
capital of
Danish Estonia founded on the site of
Lindanise,
adopted the Lübeck law and
received full town
rights in 1248. The Hanseatic...
-
Novgorod failed naval attack near the
Estonian stronghold.
Battle of
Lindanise, a 1219
Danish conquest of the
Estonian stronghold in the
Livonian Crusade...
-
situated south of
Revala and
presently rests mostly in
Rapla County.
Lindanise, then a
small trading post at the Gulf of Finland,
served as the capital...
-
fortress settlement at the
location of
modern Tallinn in her
honor -
Lindanise (approximate translation: Linda's
nipple or bosom).
Legends of Tallinn...
-
Danish in 1219
during the
Estonian Crusade. It also
contained the town of
Lindanise,
nowadays known as Tallinn, the
capital of Estonia. The
Icelandic Njal's...
