Komandandi (Komandant)

Commandant. In 1856, Hans Heinrich Falck (see Falgi) bet Tallinn governor Baron Alexander Woldemar von Saltza (1801-1884, oddly, seemingly unrelated to Hermann von Salza [c. 1165-1239], fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights) that he could build a road from Toompea to Paldiski within a month (which he paid for largely out of his own pocket). Falck won. Having lost the bet, Salza built this one at his own expense in 1860-61, earning its name of Kommandanten-Steg (commandant (foot-)bridge, 1882, see Toompea above for details), later (1948-1989) purged and merged with Falgi into Nõukogude during the Soviet occupation, and renamed as Kominterni for a couple of months in 1941.