Vecauce Manor ( lv, Vecauces muižas pils, german: Schloss Alt-Autz), also known as Auce Manor, is a manor house near the town of Auce in the historical region of

Semigallia Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...

, in Latvia originally designed by

Friedrich August Stüler Friedrich August Stüler (28 January 1800 – 18 March 1865) was an influential Prussian architect and builder. His masterpiece is the Neues Museum in Berlin, as well as the dome of the triumphal arch of the main portal of the Berliner Schloss. ...

for

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Johan Friedrich von Medem and constructed between 1839 and 1843. Since 1920, the building has been used for education purposes and is currently run by the

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies The Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies ( lv, Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte (''LBTU'')), previously Latvia University of Agriculture (LUA; (''LLU'')), is a university in Jelgava, Latvia, specializing in agric ...

History

Vecauce Manor was designed by

for

Johan Friedrich von Medem, the construction began in 1839 and was completed in 1843. When the manor was built,

Johan Fridrih fon Medem owen approximately 400 ha of arable land and few other manors in Zemgale. During the Revolution of 1905, the manor was burned down. The Von Medem family restored the manor in 1907, but the interior was simplified and lost most of decorations. After the Latvian Agrarian reforms in 1920s, the manor was nationalized and became property of the

University of Latvia University of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Universitāte, shortened ''LU'') is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia established in 1919. The ''QS World University Rankings'' places the university between 801st and 1000th globally, seventh ...

. The manor was used as a place of practice for students of

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

. During the

Second World war World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, the manor was heavily damaged by Soviet and German military. After the war, the manor was taken over by

, who reconstructed the building. The manor lost most of the remaining interior as the rooms were replanned and adapted for educational purposes. Since 1956, all students of agronomy and zootechnics from

have studied their practical courses in Vecauce Manor. The university still owns the manor, and today it houses the study and research farm ''Vecauce''.

LLU Vecauce

''LLU Vecauce'' works in multiple economic production sectors—animal husbandry, crop production, biogas production, fruit production, logging, woodworking, joinery, provision of services to the public (transport services, rental of premises for banquets and seminars, etc., catering services, utilities). In 2007, "LLU Vecauce" expanded its farmed area to 2002 ha, of which 1772 ha where arable land which is used both used for planting cereal crops and corn for silage. The same year, a new sophisticated cattle farm was constructed, capable of holding 500 animals, the new farm is equipped with Swedish milking robots DeLaval. The total number of animals on the farm is around 1000 of which 500 are dairy cows and the rest are beef cows.

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* Manor houses in Latvia Dobele Municipality Semigallia {{Latvia-castle-stub

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LLU Vecauce

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