Kopli
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Kopli is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn
Põhja-Tallinn
Põhja-Tallinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 55 656 .-Subdistricts:...

 (Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, the capital of Estonia
Estonia
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. It has a population of 7,405 (2008). Kopli's former German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 name until 1918 was Ziegelskoppel.

Kopli cemetery

Kopli was the former location of the largest Lutheran
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 Baltic German
Baltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...

 cemetery
Cemetery
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 in Tallinn, known as Kopli cemetery
Kopli cemetery
Kopli cemetery was Estonia's largest Lutheran Baltic German cemetery, located in the suburb of Kopli in Tallinn. It contained thousands of graves of prominent citizens of Tallinn and stood for over 170 years from 1774 to shortly after World War II when it was completely flattened and destroyed by...

 (in Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...

: Kopli kalmistu; in ) which was founded around 1774. The cemetery was flattened and destroyed over a 170 years later around 1950–1951, during the second occupation of the Baltic states, by the Soviet authorities who used the area of Kopli as a base for the Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Armed Forces
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. The former cemetery is now a public park.

Landmarks and institutions

  • Estonian Maritime Academy
    Estonian Maritime Academy
    -External links:...

     (Kopli 101)
  • Bekker Port
    Bekker Port
    Bekker Port is a seaport situated in Kopli, Tallinn, Estonia, located on the northeastern coast of the Kopli Bay.-External links:*...

     (Kopliranna 49)
  • Baltic Ship Repair Yard
    BLRT Grupp
    BLRT Grupp is a shipbuilding company headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. In addition to Estonia, the company owns shipyards in Lithuania, Finland and Norway...

     (Kopli 103)

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