Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta (abbreviated as ''Hämeenlinnan mlk'', sv, Tavastehus landskommun) is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

in the former

Häme Province The Province of Häme ( fi, Hämeen lääni, sv, Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Provin ...

, now in

Tavastia Proper Tavastia or Tavastland may refer to: * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province), a historical province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland * Tavastia (constituency), formerly Tavas ...

. It was split between

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

, Vanaja and

Renko Renko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,378 (30 Novembe ...

in 1948.

Geography

Villages

*Hätilä *Järviöinen *Kirstula *Luhtiala *Ojoinen *Pikku-Parola *Vuorentaka These villages have mostly been absorbed by Hämeenlinna and are now districts of it.

History

There was an Iron Age hillfort located in Luhtiala (Aulanko), which was demolished in the 13th century as the

Häme Castle Tavastia Castle or Häme Castle ( fi, Hämeen linna, sv, Tavastehus slott) is a medieval castle in Tavastia Proper, Finland. It is located in Hämeenlinna, the city between Helsinki and Tampere. Originally located on an island, the castle now sit ...

was built nearby. The area was originally part of the Vanaja parish. Ojoinen was first mentioned in 1329, while Hätilä was first mentioned in 1374. The nearby hill, nowadays used for military training, is known as ''Hätilänvuori''. There is also a ''Hätilä'' in

Tyrvää Tyrvää (; sv, Tyrvis) was a municipality in the Satakunta region, Turku and Pori Province, Finland. It was established in 1439 when the Tyrvää parish was separated from the parish of Karkku. In 1915, the market town of Vammala was separated fr ...

, most likely having some historical connection. The town of Hämeenlinna was established in 1639. The "rural chapel community" of Hämeenlinna was established from the northernmost villages of Vanaja (see ''Villages'') in 1778. It became a separate parish and municipality in 1904. Aulanko was formed out of four farms in Luhtiala in 1927. The municipality was dissolved in 1948. Parts of it were given to Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko. Vanaja became a part of Hämeenlinna in 1967, while Renko became a part of it in 2009, therefore the territory of the former Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta is now entirely within Hämeenlinna.

Coat of arms

As Hämeenlinnan mlk was dissolved before the 8th of April, 1949 (when rural municipalities were allowed to adopt coats of arms), it never had an official coat of arms. The artist Tapani Talari has designed an unofficial coat of arms for ''Suomen Kuntaliitto ry''.

References

Notes

:1.Unofficial coats of arms are copyrighted material, therefore they cannot be uploaded onto Commons. Former municipalities of Finland Hämeenlinna {{WesternFinland-geo-stub