The name is absent

city within the country at the beginning of 1930s (Kant 1935, 186- 187). He proposed the
following levels of central places:

1) Alevik (Kleinflecken), population less than 500 inh.,

2)     Alev (Grosslfecken), 500-2000 inh.;

3) Maalinn (Landstadt), 2000-5000 inh.;

4) Vaikelinn (Kleinstadt), 5000-20 000 inh.;

5)     Kesklinn (Mittelstadt), 20 000-50 000 inh.;

6) Taislinn (Vollstadt), 50 000-200 000 inh.;

7)     Suurlinn (Grossstadt), 200 000-500 000 inh.;

8) Hiidlinn (Riesenstadt), 500 000-2 000 000 inh.;

9) Ülilinn (Überstadt), 2 000 000-5 000 000 inh.;

10)    Maailmalinn (Weltstadt), more than 5 million inh.

Abb. 3: Die Système tier ZCntraIen Siedlungen Estlands. Enitvurf: Kant I93J⅛ Anmcrkungen vgl. S. 222

Figure 2. The system of central places in Estonia by Edgar Kant (1935).

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