Eeronlinna, Helsinki (NC)


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 * Sub-district number || 183
 * District || 18, Käpylä
 * Electoral area(s) || ?
 * Area || 0.43 km²
 * Population as of Density || 529 Oct -08 1230/km²
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 * Area || 0.43 km²
 * Population as of Density || 529 Oct -08 1230/km²
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 * Population as of Density || 529 Oct -08 1230/km²
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Eeronlinna is a sub-district in the city of Helsinki. The name is Finnish for Eric's castle, referring to the king Eric II of Tavastia, under whose rule the castle was built.

The borders of the sub-district are the Finnish Main Railway in the west&northwest, Koskelantie Road in the south, the walls of the castle in the east and Pohjolankatu Street in the north.

The castle, first stage completed in 1573, encompasses an area of 0.35 km² in the sub-district. The purpose of the castle was to be a home of the royal family in the countryside near the royal capital. However, when the city of Helsinki was relocated to Vironniemi peninsula, it became a subject of frequent Swedish, Curonian and German attacks, and therefore the whole court moved to the castle, including foreign ambassadors.

The castle never came to be under attack, due to fortifications of Helsinki, Santahamina, Suomenlinna and Porkkala shielding it from foreign marine forces. However, due to the peace treaty of 1595, the whole southern coast in the realm of Tavastia (from Siuntio to Sipoo) was fiefed as the County of Vandania to John of Sweden. Thereafter the capital of Tavastia was relocated again into Hämeenlinna, and the castle became the residence of Count John.

The castle remained as the residence of the successive counts until abolition of monarchy in 1830, though the castle hosted also the governor of the crown since 1674.