True crime · 1690
The priest, the omelette and the L in the square
Look for two long cobblestones forming the letter L in the corner of Town Hall Square nearest the Town Hall Pharmacy. They mark one of Tallinn's strangest tales. In the late 1600s, so the story goes, a priest named Panicke ordered an omelette at an inn. It came back as hard as the sole of a shoe, and the next two were even worse. After an argument he killed the waitress with an axe. He was quickly brought out to the square and beheaded, and the spot was marked in stone. The tale is mostly told by guides, but a list of Tallinn's executioners does link a Christian Panike to Detloff Fliegenring, the town executioner from 1676 to 1696.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Otsi Raekoja platsi Raeapteegi-poolsest nurgast kahte pikka munakivi, mis moodustavad L-tähe. Need tähistavad üht Tallinna kummalisimat lugu. Jutu järgi tellis 17. sajandi lõpus preester nimega Panicke kõrtsis omleti. See oli kõva nagu kingatald ja järgmised kaks veel hullemad. Pärast tüli tappis ta ettekandja kirvega. Ta toodi kiiresti platsile ja tal raiuti pea maha ning koht märgiti kivisse. Lugu räägivad peamiselt giidid, kuid Tallinna timukate nimekiri seob Christian Panike nime timukas Detloff Fliegenringiga, kes oli ametis 1676–1696.