True crime · 24.12.1905
Fersen's punitive battalion at Valtu
Ferseni karistuspataljon Valtus
In mid-December 1905 the great manor house of Valtu, one of the finest classical buildings in Estonia, was burned along with dozens of others in Harju County. On 24 December a punitive battalion from Kronstadt under Hans William von Fersen arrived in the area, with one detachment quartered at Koila manor and another here at Valtu. Acting on local officials' information, soldiers were sent to a neighbouring manor to arrest Mart Lauriman, named as the organiser of the unrest. He and his companions resisted, and in the exchange of fire eight peasants were killed and one soldier wounded. Valtu's ruins were finally demolished in 1958.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1905. aasta detsembri keskel põletati koos kümnete teiste Harjumaa mõisatega ka Valtu uhke peahoone, üks Eesti klassitsismi tippteoseid. 24. detsembril saabus piirkonda Kroonlinnast Hans William von Ferseni juhitud karistuspataljon, mille üks salk peatus Koila mõisas ja teine siin Valtus. Kohalike ametnike andmete põhjal saadeti sõdurid naabermõisasse kinni võtma rahutuste korraldajaks peetud Mart Laurimani. Tema ja ta kaaslased hakkasid vastu ning tulevahetuses sai surma kaheksa talupoega ja üks sõdur sai haavata. Valtu varemed lammutati lõplikult 1958. aastal.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: 1905. aasta revolutsioon Eestis; Valtu mõis ↗