Ullanlinna

Ullanlinna ( swedish Ulrikasborg ) is a branch (Finnish osa - alue ) and a district ( kaupunginosa ) with about 10,000 inhabitants in the Finnish capital Helsinki. It lies between the sub-regions / districts Eira and Kaivopuisto at the southern end of the peninsula on which the center of Helsinki is located. All three areas are among the most prestigious and expensive residential areas of the city. In addition to the sub-region Ullanlinna and the district Ullanlinna whose boundaries are congruent, there is also a city district ( peruspiiri ) of the same name, which covers both the Ullanlinna, Eira, Kaivopuisto, Punavuori, Kaartinkaupunki, Suomenlinna, Munkkisaari and Länsisaaret and thus to about 22,300 population comes.

The name Ullanlinna, which could be transferred with " Ulrikenburg " in German, is due to unrealized remaining fortification maps from the 18th century. At that time the island fortress of Suomenlinna was built off the coast of Helsinki to the gain on the mainland some fortifications should be built. The name Ulrika and Ulla refers to the Swedish Queen Ulrike Eleonora ( 1688-1741 ).

Until the 19th century, the area was still out of town. There were there, among others Holiday homes of wealthy Helsinkiern. In the late 19th century, the region was first planted with low wooden houses. The current building stock comes from mostly the time of the turn of the century and the early 20th century and is mostly attributable to the Art Nouveau style. A second for today's cityscape distinctive construction were the 1960s. Quite a few - - until then leftover wooden houses replaced by modern buildings that time, most of the were.

In Ullanlinna are the embassies of many countries. Particularly representative is the building of the Russian Embassy in the Tehtaankatu. Other noteworthy buildings are the Gothic Church of St. John ( Johanneksenkirkko, 1891), St. Henry's Cathedral ( Pyhän Henrikin katedraali, the main cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church of Finland, 1860) and the planned by architect Lars Sonck Hospital of Eira ( Eiran Sairaala, 1905).

To Ullanlinna includes the Tähtitorninmäki, a small hill on which there is a park and a planned by Carl Ludwig Engel Observatory. He is not to be confused with the hill Ullanlinnanmäki that does not belong despite its name to the district official Ullanlinna but to Kaivopuisto and also includes an ancient observatory.