First or record · 08.04.1422
Six centuries at the Town Hall Pharmacy
The Town Hall Pharmacy is one of the oldest pharmacies in Europe still working, and the oldest business in Tallinn. It is first mentioned in writing on 8 April 1422, when it already had its third owner. That owner, the doctor Hermann, fell into debt, and when he died there was not even money for his funeral. The town paid and took the pharmacy instead. From 1582 to 1911 it was run by ten generations of the Burchart family from Pressburg, now Bratislava, and the eldest son was always named Johann. One of them was said to be so famous that he was called to Peter the Great's deathbed, but arrived too late.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Raeapteek on üks vanemaid järjest tegutsevaid apteeke Euroopas ja Tallinna vanim ettevõte. Esimest korda mainitakse seda kirjalikult 8. aprillil 1422, kui apteegil oli juba kolmas omanik. See omanik, arst Hermann, sattus rahahätta ja kui ta suri, ei jätkunud raha isegi matusteks. Magistraat kattis matusekulud ja võttis tasuks apteegi enda kätte. Aastatel 1582–1911 pidas apteeki kümme põlve Pressburgist ehk Bratislavast pärit Burchartide perekonda ning vanim poeg sai alati nimeks Johann. Ühe neist räägitakse olnud nii kuulus, et ta kutsuti Peeter I surivoodi juurde, kuid tema abi jäi hiljaks.