Manor
Kursi parsonage manor
Kursi kirikumõis · German: Talkhof, Pastorat
Kursi parsonage is considered the oldest surviving wooden parsonage in Estonia. Its present house was built after a long quarrel: in 1815 the church convention agreed to replace the crumbling old building, but when Pastor Adam Johann Schubbe hired a Tallinn builder on his own initiative, Count Manteuffel was offended, and a long exchange of letters followed before the pastor won. In 1817 the new wooden house was opened with a two-day party. There the Äksi pastor Otto Wilhelm Masing met an Italian governess, Caroline Antoinette Picclausse, whom he later married, and he was so happy he wrote a comic verse about the evening.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kursi pastoraati peetakse vanimaks säilinud puitpastoraadiks Eestis. Praegune peahoone sündis pika tüli järel: 1815. aastal kiitis kirikukonvent heaks varisemisohtliku vana hoone asendamise, kuid kui pastor Adam Johann Schubbe palkas omal algatusel Tallinna ehitusmeistri, solvus krahv Manteuffel ning enne pastori võitu peeti pikka kirjavahetust. 1817. aastal avati uus puitmaja kahepäevase peoga. Seal kohtus Äksi pastor Otto Wilhelm Masing itaallannast guvernandi Caroline Antoinette Picclaussega, kellega ta hiljem abiellus, ning oli nii õnnelik, et kirjutas õhtust vemmalvärsi.