Mercendarbe Manor, also called Mencendorf Manor and Mencendarbe Manor (german: Gut Märzendorf) is a manor house in the historical region of
Zemgale
Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...
, in
Latvia.
History
Originally estate was owned by
Peter von Biron
Peter von Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, from 1769 to 1795.
Life and reign
Peter was born in Jelgava (german: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Cou ...
(1724-1800), the last Duke of
Courland. On 11th of August, 1786, along with the associated land estates and lakes, manor was sold to Baron Friedrich Georg
von Lieven (1748-1800) for 31,000
thalers. Baron von Lieven liked to use the castle as summer residence and
hunting lodge, for example for
duck hunting
Waterfowl hunting (also called wildfowling or waterfowl shooting in the UK) is the practice of hunting ducks, geese, or other waterfowl for food and sport.
Many types of ducks and geese share the same habitat, have overlapping or identical hunt ...
. After his death, his son Karl Georg von Lieven managed the estate. In 1905
Freiherr
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
Alexander von Lieven was named as the owner.
[ Kurland Society for Literature and Art: '' Jahrbuch für Genealogie, Heraldik und Sphragistik '', 1905, p. 235, No. 143 ] The last owner was Carlos von Lieven (1879-1971). Until
World War I
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, the estate remained in the possession of the Lieven family.
From 1920 to 1939, the owners of the manor changed regularly. In 1939 a children's home was opened on the estate, it was only closed in 2012. Currently, the mansion is a
hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
, in which many different events such as concerts,
wedding
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, seminars or even the Latvia
hackathon take place.
See also
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List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia
This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. Palaces and manors which are now part of the Zemgale region were then part of the Selonia region, and therefore are differentiated for clarity. This list does not ...
References
External links
Mercendarbe manor*
Mercendarbe Manor*
Manor houses in Latvia
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