Vāne Manor ( lv, Vānes muižas pils, german: Wahnen) is a 19th-century manor house in
Vāne parish
Vāne Parish ( lv, Vānes pagasts) was an administrative territorial entity of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It was part of the former Kandava Municipality
Kandava Municipality ( lv, Kandavas novads) is a former municipa ...
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Kandava municipality
Kandava Municipality ( lv, Kandavas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre Parish and Kandava town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule Parish, Vāne Pa ...
in the historical region of
Zemgale, in
Latvia
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History
Vāne estate was one of the largest properties in the area during the Baronial times, along with Aizupe. In the 16th century, the Livonian baron Solomon Hening (1528-1589), secretary of the Duke of Courland Gothard Kettler and trustee spent his last days in the Vāne manor. The existing Manor house was built in the 1870s in a
Neo-Gothic style
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
by architect T. Seiler,
Manor house suffered extensive fire damage as a result of the
1905 Russian revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1905,. also known as the First Russian Revolution,. occurred on 22 January 1905, and was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. The mass unrest was directed again ...
. It was restored between 1936 and 1940 for the purpose of establishing a local school. It currently accommodates Vāne primary school.
During the German occupation building was used as a hospital. In 1944 one end of the building burned down. The Germans rebuilt damaged part of the building, but the interior was not restored. In 1945 the Germans were expelled and local school returned to it premises. The school was completely renovated in 1950.
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See also
*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
Manor houses in Latvia
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