The cities erected in Estonia during the Middle Ages which were the cultural, commercial and power centres were German and German-minded. Also, the order and bishop castles, churches, cloisters and manors were at the disposal of the Germans - thus the government centres in the whole country.
Keskajal Eestisse tekkinud linnad, mis olid kultuuri, kaubandus ja võimukeskused, olid saksakeelsed, ja -meelsed. Samuti olid sakslaste käes ordu- ja piiskopilinnused, kirikud, kloostrid ning mõisad - seega valitsuskeskused kogu maal.