Hamina

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Town in Kymenlaakso, Finland

title: "Hamina" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamina", "cities-and-towns-in-finland", "populated-coastal-places-in-finland", "grand-duchy-of-finland", "port-cities-and-towns-in-finland", "populated-places-established-in-1653", "1653-establishments-in-sweden", "municipalities-of-kymenlaakso", "1650s-in-finland", "17th-century-establishments-in-finland"] description: "Town in Kymenlaakso, Finland" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamina" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Kymenlaakso, Finland ::

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Highway 7 (E18) is the town's road connection to Helsinki, after it was upgraded to a continuous motorway in September 2014. Hamina is also the base of one of the most important harbors of Finland, the Port of Hamina-Kotka. The port specializes in forest products and the transit of cargo to Russia. One of Google's five European data centers is situated in Hamina.

History

Vehkalahti was as a municipality first mentioned in 1336. At the proposal of Count Per Brahe, the area surrounding the Vehkalahti church (today St. Mary's Church) received its charter in 1653 through the establishment of Vehkalahden Uusikaupunki (Veckelax Nystad in Swedish, "The New Town of Vehkalahti"). The town was later destroyed during the Great Northern War in 1712. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Fredrikshamn_1720.jpg" caption="Plan of the Fredrikshamn fortress town (1723) by [[Axel Löwen"] ::

As the commercially vibrant city of Vyborg was lost to Russia in 1721, Fredrikshamn (named in 1723 in the honor of King Frederick I of Sweden) was dedicated to replace it. The town, hitherto a small domestic port with restricted trading privilege's, was granted extensive rights to conduct foreign trade. The Finnish speaking population soon abbreviated the name of the town to Hamina. The reconstruction of the town was completed between 1722 and 1724. The star-shaped fortress and the circular town plan, designed by Axel Löwen, were based on Central European and Italian Renaissance concepts from the 16th century. Fortress towns with a circular street plan like this are quite rare; one example is Palmanova in Italy.

In 1743, Hamina was surrendered to Russia, after the Russo–Swedish War, 1741–1743, and the town of Loviisa was the next Swedish candidate for an Eastern-Finnish trade center. Hamina became a Russian frontier town, for which a fortress was desirable.

The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809), by which Sweden ceded Finland, including parts of the province of Lappland and Åland, was signed in Hamina. Thus Sweden was split, and the eastern half was formed into the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. In 1812, the previously conquered territories known as Old Finland (including Hamina) were joined to the Grand Duchy.

Hamina Cadet School was founded in 1819 and was in operation until 1903. In 1920 the Reserve Officer School began in the same facilities.

Because the town was founded next to the Vehkalahti Church, the municipal center had always been inside the town borders. Vehkalahti and Hamina were consolidated in 2003, and the old coat of arms was replaced with Vehkalahti's coat of arms. The old coat of arms was readopted in January 2013.

Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in The Finns Party being the largest group on Hamina council, in Hamina.

Main sights

Churches

Image:Hamina Ortho6 s.JPG|The orthodox church of Peter and Paul Image:Hamina aerial 2014.jpg|Aerial view of the town Image:Keskusbastioni jossa 58 varastokasemattia.jpg|Central bastion of the fortress Image:Haminan kaupunginmuseo.JPG|The town museum

Sports

The pesäpallo club Haminan Palloilijat fields teams in both the men's and women's Superpesis national league, playing at Rampart Field.

Twin towns

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Herran_Kukkaro,_Hamina.jpg" caption="A house called "Herran Kukkaro", the birthplace of painter [[Hugo Simberg"] ::

References

References

  1. "Population by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y". Population Register Center of Finland.
  2. [https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/hamina/ Hamina Data Center - Google Data centers]
  3. [http://www.hamina.fi/?pid=458&cg=119&sg=458&grp=lang&lang=eng Hamina]
  4. Lindberg, Johan. (May 26, 2016). "Finlands historia: 1700-talet".
  5. Kopomaa, Timo. (2005). "Kriisioloihin varautunut kaupunki". Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun seura ry (The Finnish Society of Housing and Planning).
  6. [http://www.hamina.fi/fi/Kaupunki/Uutiset/2012/05/17/724 Haminan vaakuna vaihtuu - Haminan kaupunki (in Finnish)] {{webarchive. link. (2013-02-13)
  7. (13 June 2021). "Finns Party gains, NCP top as turnout dips in Finnish local elections".
  8. [http://www.hamina.fi/?pid=701&cg=441&sg=701&grp=lang&lang=eng Hamina]
  9. [http://www.hurmaavahamina.fi/index.php/en/see/churches/28-marian-kirkko-ja-kirkkomuseo Hurmaava Hamina - The 15th century church of St Mary and church Museum] {{webarchive. link. (2013-02-17)
  10. "Churches in Finland".
  11. [http://www.hurmaavahamina.fi/index.php/en/see/churches/30-johanneksen-kirkko Hurmaava Hamina - Church Of St John] {{webarchive. link. (2013-02-17)
  12. [http://www.hurmaavahamina.fi/index.php/en/see/churches/27-pietarin-ja-paavalin-ortodoksinen-kirkko Hurmaava Hamina - The Orthodox Church Of St Peter and St Paul] {{webarchive. link. (2013-02-17)
  13. link. (2014-07-05)
  14. [http://www.hurmaavahamina.fi/en/info Hurmaava Hamina - Info] {{webarchive. link. (2011-11-29)

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