Reģi Manor ( lv, Reģu muižas pils, german: Gut Reggen) is a manor house in the village of
Reģi in
Alsunga Parish,
Kuldīga Municipality in the
Courland
Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...
region of
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
.
History
german: Gut Reggen was first mentioned in writings around 1253.
In 1704, according to Edgar Dunsdorf, the manor, together with the , belonged to the
von Schlippenbach
The House of Schlippenbach is the name of an old German noble family that spread throughout Prussia, Sweden, Pomerania and Baltic, whose members held significant political and military positions.
History
First known family members were brothers ' ...
family. Later the manor belonged to the Štempeļi family. The current manor house was built in 1890, probably according to the design of
Paul Max Bertschy
Paul Max Bertschy ( lv, Pauls Makss Berči; 1 January 18401 February 1911) was a Baltic German architect, working mainly in what is now Latvia. He was city architect of Liepāja for more than 30 years and designed numerous both public and private ...
. Until the agrarian reform in Latvia, manor was privately owned. After the manor became state-owned, a hospital was established there, and later - a
social care center "Regi".
On 22 February 2007, a devastating fire broke out at the Regi social care center, killing 23 of the 90 residents. It became the most devastating fire in the history of Latvia. After the fire, the care center was closed and its residents moved to .
Entrepreneur Valentīns Kokalis bought the burnt-down building at auction in 2011 in order to build a hotel. After the fire, the Latvian Association of Castles and Manors called for the building to be preserved and restored.
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See also
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Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach (1653–1721) was Governor General of Swedish Estonia from 1704 to 1706.
Biography
Born in Livonia, into the Schlippenbach noble family participated as a captain in the Swedish army Scanian War under Charles XI and s ...
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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 no ...
References
External links
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Reģi Manor
Manor houses in Latvia
Kuldīga Municipality
Aizpute County
Courland
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