Hattula
Sign in to saveHattula () is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Kanta-Häme region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. Hattula is almost completely surrounded by Hämeenlinna, only in the north it shares the border with Valkeakoski and Pälkäne on the Pirkanmaa region side.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hattula
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- HAT1 Hattulan vanhan kirkon maisema3 (48675655566).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Holy Cross Church of Hattula
- Settlement.image_shield
- Hattula.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Hattula sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Hattula in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kanta-Häme
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hämeenlinna
- Settlement.seat
- Parola
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pekka Järvi
- Settlement.established_title
- First records
- Settlement.established_date
- 1318
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Hattula () is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Kanta-Häme region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. Hattula is almost completely surrounded by Hämeenlinna, only in the north it shares the border with Valkeakoski and Pälkäne on the Pirkanmaa region side.
== History == thumb|The Grand Duke of Finland, Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II, met Senator [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman at Parolannummi in 1863. The Finnish language was elevated to equal status alongside the Swedish language.]]Hattula is also the birthplace of the Finnish cooperative movement, because Hannes Gebhard spoke the founding words of the cooperative movement on the shore of Lake Lehijärvi in 1899. Gebhard brought the British cooperative idea to Finland and served as the chairman of the Pellervo Coop Center from 1899 to 1918. A memorial dedicated to Gebhard was erected on the shore of Lake Lehijärvi in 1959.