Palmse

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Coordinates: 59 ° 30 ′ 46 ″  N , 25 ° 57 ′ 22 ″  E

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Palmse ( Estonian Palmse mõis ) is a former German-Baltic country estate in Estonia . It is located about 80 km east of the capital Tallinn in the Lahemaa National Park .

history

Period before 1991

The estate around 1867
Palmse manor house (front)
Rear front with the adjoining garden and the pond

From the 13th century until 1510, the area of ​​the former estate was owned by the St. Michaeli Nunnery in Tallinn. After that it changed hands several times and in 1522 it came to the von Metztacken family. In 1677 the estate came to the von der Pahlen family through marriage . At the end of the 17th century, the construction of a representative mansion began, which was given its present form in the 19th century. A park was created around the manor house, which was initially designed according to the French model. The park was later enlarged to 18  hectares and was given the character of an English landscape park. The estate was expropriated after the end of the First World War and after the establishment of the independent state of Estonia in the course of the dissolution of the estates in 1919 . Until the Second World War , the manor house housed a rest home of the Estonian Protection Association Kaitseliit . During the period of the first independence and later after the incorporation as the Estonian Socialist Soviet Republic into the Soviet Union , the former manor buildings and lands were put to different uses, whereby the preservation of the building fabric played only a subordinate or no role at all.

Period since 1971

When Lahemaa National Park was established in 1971 as the first national park in the Soviet Union to preserve the North Estonian landscape, the local ecosystem and biodiversity as Estonian heritage, the intention from the outset was not only to preserve the natural but also the local historical and cultural heritage of Preserve region. As early as 1972, the gradual restoration of the preserved and the reconstruction of the lost buildings began. The buildings, including the manor house, the orangery , the schnapps distillery and the stables were gradually renovated and restored. The manor park got its former shape back. The entire complex is under state administration. The design and furnishing of the interior of the manor are reminiscent of the life of the von der Pahlen family. The visitor center of the Lahemaa National Park is housed in the former cavalier houses. The former distillery was converted into a hotel with a restaurant.

  • Distillery

  • Coffeehouse

  • kitchen

  • inside rooms

  • Boathouse with temple

  • Winter garden

Web links

Commons : Palmse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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