Mõdriku is a village in

Vinni Parish Vinni Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,630 () and an area of . Settlements There are 6 small boroughs: Laekvere, Pajusti, Roela, Tudu, Vinni, Viru-Jaagupi, and 37 villages, incl ...

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, in northeastern

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Mõdriku Manor

Mõdriku Manor () was first mentioned in 1470. Over the centuries, it was the property of various

Baltic German Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...

families. During the 20th century, it was used by various schools. The building traces its oldest parts to the 17th century, but has been extensively enlarged and rebuilt both during the 1780s and 1890s. The manor was the home of several successive generations of the von Kaulbars family, including

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

general and explorer Alexander von Kaulbars. His ancestor R. A. von Kaulbars, reputedly a great patriot, put up the column commemorating the French–Russian War of 1812 that is still visible in the manor park.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mõdriku include the following: *

Rudolf Reiman Rudolf Reiman (also Rudolf Reimann; October 25, 1893 – October 6, 1957) was an Estonian poet, writer, and educator. Life Rudolf Reiman was born in Mõdriku in the Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire. He studied to be a teacher at the sch ...

(1893–1957), Estonian poet, writer, and educator

References

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Mõdriku manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Lääne-Viru County Manor houses in Estonia {{LääneViru-geo-stub