Magdaleena (Magdaleena)

Magdalene, after the former Magdalenium, or Magdalenium und Trinkerinnen Asyl, Magdalene and Asylum for Inebriate Women which, of course, were non-existent during Soviet times, so temporarily re-labeled (1950-1991) as Lasteaia. The Order of St Mary Magdalene, set up to run homes for reformed prostitutes, may have been founded by Rudolph of Worms in Germany, 1005. By the 20^th C, it had become a hospital and, in 2001, was merged with others (see Diakonissa) into the Ida-Tallinna Keskhaigla, or East-Tallinn Central Hospital. Obviously, not all Magdalene churches were associated with fallen women, the 17^th-C wood-frame Saint Magdalene church on Kihnu island (pop. 570) being one of the more obvious candidates. Street recently upgraded to part of a woman’s name group, see Marta (perhaps not aware of the religious connection).