Mooste is a small borough in
Põlva Parish
Põlva Parish ( et, Põlva vald) is a rural municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia.
On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km².
In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate municipali ...
,
Põlva County
Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% ...
,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
.
Mooste manor
Mooste (german: Moisekatz) estate has a long history, with the first written records dating from 1561. During that time, it belonged to a local member of the
Baltic nobility
Baltic German nobility was a privileged social class in the territories of today's Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously since the Northern Crusades and the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana. Most of the nobility were Baltic Germans, bu ...
, and stayed in the hands of various noble families for the next 121 years. In 1682, during the time of
Swedish rule in Estonia, the estate was, however, expropriated during one of the so-called
reductions and became state property. Following the
Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...
, it thus befell the new, Russian government, and was given by
Peter the Great to Count
Pavel Yaguzhinsky
The Count (from 1731) Pavel Ivanovich Yaguzhinsky (Yagushinsky) (1683, Grand Duchy of Lithuania – April 17, 1736, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, associate of Peter the Great, Chamberlain (1712), Ober-Stallmeister (1727 ...
. Later, however, it appears once more as the property of various
Baltic German
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families. Following the Estonian Declaration of Independence in 1919 and the ensuing far-reaching
land reform
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, the manor became state property. Today it houses a school.
Although the estate dates from the 16th century, the current main building is considerably later, dating from sometime between 1900 and 1910 and designed by
Riga-based architect
August Reinberg in so-called ''Heimat''-style. The interior still boasts typical details such as decorated
cocklestove
A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature ...
s, wainscoting and coffered ceilings. In addition to the main building, several well-preserved and large outbuildings make up an unusually grand manor house ensemble.
See also
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List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia
This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Estonia, separate article. As there are at least 400 manor houses in Estonia, this list is incomplete.
Palaces ...
References
External links
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{{Manor houses in Estonia
Manor houses in Estonia
Põlva Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia