Malla is a village in

Viru-Nigula Parish Viru-Nigula Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 1,293 (as of 1 January 2011) and an area of . Settlements ;Towns: Kunda, Estonia, Kunda ;Small boroughs: Aseri, ...

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Id ...

, in northeastern

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. It is located about 3 km east of the town of Kunda. On 1 January 2011 Malla had a population of 82.

Malla manor

Malla manor traces its history back to 1443, when it is first recorded in written sources. During that time, there was a small castle at the site. Around 1620, the estate became the property of Swedish field marshal Gustav Horn. In 1651–1654, he commissioned architect Zakarias Hoffmann to erect a new manor house on the site. The house burnt down during the

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, and the current building received its appearance in the 1880s.

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Malla Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Lääne-Viru County Manor houses in Estonia Kreis Wierland {{LääneViru-geo-stub