Pelgulinna asum (Pelgulinn) 
Lit. town of asylum, refuge or shelter which, legend has it, was due to it being a common hiding-place for criminals and outlaws in the 18th C (Pelgulinn is right next to Kelmiküla). This may be true. Wiedemanni translates it as Freistadt, which could be one of two things: 1) a self-governing city (let’s say town, or zone), independent of the surrounding region, which sounds unlikely unless, for example (and I’m spit-balling here), the prime mover behind its development, Johann Grabby (or other player) was able to obtain special tax concessions for creating his brick-making factory there in 1879 (see Telliskivi), on land which was essentially unproductive marsh (according to Friedrich Eurich’s 1880-82 map, it was named Quartal I. (Quarter No.1) or Linna Soo [City Marsh]); or 2) as per legend, a special legal zone where asylum was granted and asylum seekers could live, which does seem a bit closer to reality, but still a tad too romanticized for some people’s taste. Considered a slum in the late-19th C. See Pelgulinna.
