Lindenhof (Estonia)
Lindenhof or Linden (Estonian Ungru ) was an estate near the village of Kiltsi in the municipality of Haapsalu ( Estonia ).
history
Lindenhof is five kilometers from the core town of Haapsalu.
The estate was first mentioned in 1523 when the area was separated from the Wittenfeld farm . In 1629 the Swedish King Gustav Adolf II gave the estate to Otto von Ungern-Sternberg . In the following year the first manor house was built, which was especially famous for its parks. From the 17th century until it was expropriated as part of the Estonian land reform in 1919, the estate was owned by the Ungern-Sternberg family.
The manor house, which is now only visible as a ruin, with its four-story tower was commissioned in 1893 by Ewald Adam Gustav Paul Constantin von Ungern-Sternberg (1863–1909). Allegedly, he fell in love with the lord's daughter during a visit to Merseburg Castle near Halle . The young lady is said to have so hung on her father's castle that she wanted to spend the rest of her life there. Only after Ungern-Sternberg had promised her to build an identical castle in Estonia, she is said to have agreed to a marriage.
He had the outer walls and roof built until 1908, but then died while traveling in Saint Petersburg at the age of only 45. The shell fell into disrepair during the First World War .
During the time of the Soviet occupation of Estonia, parts of the facility were used as building material for a nearby military airfield .
Personalities
- Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (1867–1947), genealogist and author born in Linden
Web links
literature
- Sabine Bock : Manor houses in Estonia | Mõisad Eestis. A brief overview of the development of their forms and their history. Lühike ülevaade ajaloost ja ehitusvormide arengust. Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2020, ISBN 978-3-944033-29-7 , pp. 88–89 [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ivar Sakk: Eesti mõisad. Rice yuht. Tallinn 2002 ( ISBN 9985-78-574-6 ), pp. 304f.
Coordinates: 58 ° 55 ′ 2 " N , 23 ° 28 ′ 59.7" E