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Aulangonlinna

Hämeenlinna

Period
rautakautinen
Category
Fortification
Location accuracy
Approximate area

A defensive work protected as a fixed antiquity under the Antiquities Act. Structures: hillforts.

Safety

Linnoitusrakenteissa voi olla sortumavaara, avoimia aukkoja ja teräviä rakenteita. Älä laskeudu rakenteisiin ja pysy näkyvillä poluilla.

Land ownership and access restrictions

Kohde on muinaismuistolain nojalla rauhoitettu: kaivaminen, peittäminen, muuttaminen ja vahingoittaminen on kielletty. Kohde voi lisäksi sijaita yksityisellä maalla.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 26 April 1918

    Battle of Hämeenlinna

    Battle · Suomen sisällissota · 2,9 km

    The Battle of Hämeenlinna was a battle within the Finnish Civil War that took place in the city of Hämeenlinna, Finland on 26 April 1918.

    == Before the Battle == The local White Guard was established in October 1917, and the local Hämeenlinna Red Guard in November 1917. When the declaration of Red Finland was made on the 26 January 1918, Hämeenlinna remained relatively peaceful and many working-class people attended a meeting following the declaration of the New Government in Helsinki with many people agreeing to be reserved and to wait for following events within the brewing Civil War, before declaring any allegiance to the new Red Government in Helsinki. This led to the Red Guard commander Eero Haapalainen urging people to rise up in the city on 29 January 1918, via a telephone call, however this did not have any effect. Later prompting on the same day for the Turku Red Guard accompanied with some Hämeenlinna Red Guardsmen to take over the city, and set up their defenses at a hotel by Linnankatu and the Town Hall building. Later also taking over the Bank of Finland there and the telephone exchange. Towards the beginning of April, the local Red Guardsmen began to practice terror within the city, leading to arrests and murders committed by the Reds. Some White Guardsmen were arrested in the Häme Castle.

    Read more on Wikipedia · Wikipedian tekijät, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recorded casualties in the area

Hattula
5
Vanaja
5

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Nearby

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Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Approximate area

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)