Manor
Kunda Manor
In 1635 a ship carrying a 126-strong embassy from Holstein-Gottorp, bound for Moscow and Persia, was wrecked near Kunda, and the survivors were taken in at the manor. Among them was Adam Olearius, who married a daughter of the owner, Johann Müller, and later described the shipwreck in his famous travel book; another envoy, Philipp Crusius, married a second daughter and founded the Krusenstern family. In 1870 Baron Girard de Soucanton built a cement works on the estate, and in 1893 the manor opened the first hydroelectric plant in the Baltic region. The main house was set on fire by retreating Soviet troops in 1941 and is still a ruin.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1635. aastal sattus Kunda lähedal laevahukku 126-liikmeline Holstein-Gottorpi saatkond, mis oli teel Moskvasse ja Pärsiasse, ning pääsenud võõrustati mõisas. Nende seas oli Adam Olearius, kes abiellus mõisaomaniku Johann Mülleri tütrega ja kirjeldas laevahukku hiljem oma kuulsas reisikirjas; teine saatkonna liige Philipp Crusius võttis naiseks Mülleri teise tütre ja pani aluse Krusensternide suguvõsale. 1870. aastal rajas parun Girard de Soucanton mõisa maale tsemenditehase ja 1893. aastal avati mõisas Baltimaade esimene hüdroelektrijaam. Peahoone süütasid taganevad Nõukogude väed 1941. aastal ning see on tänini varemeis.