Sausti is a village in
Kiili Parish
Kiili Parish ( et, Kiili vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It is located south of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. The population of Kiili Parish is 5,461 (as of 2019) and the area 100.4 km².
The administrat ...
,
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sou ...
, in northern
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 ...
, located about south from the centre of
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
. It has a population of 153 (as of 2009).
Sausti manor
Sausti manor has a history that goes back to at least 1453, when it is mentioned for the first time in written records. During the course of history, the main building has been rebuilt continuously. The manor has belonged to various
aristocratic
Aristocracy (, ) is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. The term derives from the el, αριστοκρατία (), meaning 'rule of the best'.
At the time of the word's ...
,
Baltic German
Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...
families, including the
Tiesenhausen
Tiesenhausen is the name of a Baltic German nobility family. The origins of the family are in Lower Saxony. During the Baltic crusades they settled in Livonia in the first half of the 12th century. Bishops Albert of Riga and Herman of Tartu had a ...
family.
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
Sausti ManorSausti Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal
{{Kiili Parish
Villages in Harju County
Kreis Harrien