Wivi Lönn (1872–1966) oli tuottelias arkkitehti, jonka suunnittelemia rakennuksia löytyy mm. Helsingistä, Tampereelta ja Jyväskylästä. Hän johti omaa arkkitehtitoimistoa, ensimmäisenä naisena Suomessa, ja suunnittele mm. useita koulurakennuksia. Esimerkiksi Edvin Laineen koulun puuosan hän suunnitteli Iisalmeen 1900-luvun alussa.
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The zoological station in Tvärminne was founded by zoology professor Johan Axel Palmén in 1902. His goal was to establish a marine field station in an area with a diverse environment and thus good opportunities for research. After his death, the position was transferred to the University of Helsinki as a testamentary donation in 1919.
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Hanko was the most important departure city for emigrants at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. About 250,000 Finns left in search of a new life through the port of Hanko. Accommodation capacity has always been a problem in Hanko, and at the beginning of the 20th century there were especially many immigrants in Hanko who stayed here for a night or two before continuing their journey through England to the United States. Suomen Höyrylaivahtiö, which was responsible for the emigrants' journey from Finland, decided to build an emigrant hotel on the Boulevard in 1902.
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In the beginning there was curiosity, knowledge was gained by experimentation, and the sciences sprouted from the grains of knowledge. In the following story, science and superstition take on each other. The story is from Sara Wacklin's book "Hundrade minnen från Österbotten" from 1844.
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Three nautical miles from the tip of the park cliffs to the east is Sandskär Island. On the quiet summer days of the mid-1920s, the voice of the famous singer Helge Lindberg was far from there. During the summer, he rehearsed 8 concert programs on his own island and gave another hundred concerts across Europe each year. The family's actual hometown was Vienna.
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Tinsmith Einar Sandberg did many great jobs in Hanko. Among other things, he renewed the roofs of the church and powerhouse along with his sons after the war. He also made a large, 3-meter weather vane for the water tower that looks like a fish. Unfortunately, Einar suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while working on the roof of Lundell’s general store on the Esplanade. At that time he was already 80 years old and still involved in working life!
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867 - 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. Mannerheim became the national hero of the Finns at the beginning of our independence. In 1919, Mannerheim moved his church book to Hanko, and in the winter of 1920, he rented a villa on the Great Mäntysaari, which was named Stormhälla, Storm Rock.
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Four days before Germany conquered Tallinn on August 28, 1941, an Estonian lawyer and father of two small children, 36-year-old Leonid Tretjakevich (later Trett), boarded the Örne ship in Tallinn among 600 other Estonian men. There were no alternatives, for refusing to call the Red Army knew the death penalty. Leonid was stationed as an assistant to the artillery station on the West Bank of Hanko, in Varisniemi at Kappelisatama.
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Sibelius went both sailing and to the spa in Hanko, but in the summer of 1902 he spent more than a month here in Tvärminne. The only wife was pregnant and depressed. Jean wanted to get to a quieter place. He lived in Södergård, where Sakari Topelius, Hjalmar Munsterhjelm and Juhani Aho had previously spent summers.
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