Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta explained

Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta
Official Name:Finnish: Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta
Swedish: Tavastehus landskommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Häme Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Tavastia Proper
Seat:Hätilä
Established Title:Established
Extinct Title:Merged into Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko
Extinct Date:1948
Population Total:3276
Population As Of:1940
Area Land Km2:108.87

Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta (abbreviated as Hämeenlinnan mlk, Swedish: Tavastehus landskommun) is a former municipality of Finland in the former Häme Province, now in Tavastia Proper. It was split between Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko in 1948.

Geography

Villages

These villages have mostly been absorbed by Hämeenlinna and are now districts of it.

History

There was an Iron Age hillfort located in Luhtiala (Aulanko), which was demolished in the 13th century as the Häme Castle was built nearby.

The area was originally part of the Vanaja parish.

Ojoinen was first mentioned in 1329, while Hätilä was first mentioned in 1374. The nearby hill, nowadays used for military training, is known as Hätilänvuori. There is also a Hätilä in Tyrvää, most likely having some historical connection.

The town of Hämeenlinna was established in 1639. The "rural chapel community" of Hämeenlinna was established from the northernmost villages of Vanaja (see Villages) in 1778. It became a separate parish and municipality in 1904.

Aulanko was formed out of four farms in Luhtiala in 1927.

[1]

The municipality was dissolved in 1948. Parts of it were given to Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko. Vanaja became a part of Hämeenlinna in 1967, while Renko became a part of it in 2009, therefore the territory of the former Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta is now entirely within Hämeenlinna.

Coat of arms

As Hämeenlinnan mlk was dissolved before the 8th of April, 1949 (when rural municipalities were allowed to adopt coats of arms), it never had an official coat of arms. The artist Tapani Talari has designed an unofficial coat of arms for Suomen Kuntaliitto ry.

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf. 247. September 8, 2022. kaino.kotus.fi. fi.