Murders and deaths
· Vanalinn
The Black Death on Pikk Street
Plague affected Tallinn’s merchant streets, but deaths in individual houses on Pikk Street cannot be assigned without records.
Pikk Street was an artery of Tallinn’s commercial life, carrying people, goods and news. In a plague outbreak, neither wealth nor an imposing house protected residents from disease. Commerce could stop, families lose members and the need for burial grow. The image of the Black Death provides historical context, but this map point cannot establish a death toll for a particular house or identify a specific funeral procession.
Practical information
Address: Pikk tänav
Walk along Pikk Street and imagine the densely occupied city during an epidemic. Avoid attributing unverified deaths to particular houses.