Manor
Märjamaa Manor
German: Merjama
On Thursday 15 December 1905 a band of insurgents burned Vana-Märjamaa manor, as they did all the manors around. According to the Revalsche Zeitung, the house and its furniture were first smashed and then set on fire, and the distillery was wrecked and more than a thousand buckets of vodka poured away. The manor was rebuilt afterwards. Its owner at the time, Max Drögemüller, was a patron of local life who supported the parish school, the volunteer fire brigade and the brass band. The house burned again in Soviet times; only its limestone ground floor was roofed over, and today the house stands in ruins.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Neljapäeval, 15. detsembril 1905 põletas mässuliste salk Vana-Märjamaa mõisa, nagu ka kõik ümberkaudsed mõisad. Revalsche Zeitungi andmeil lõhuti esmalt härrastemaja ja mööbel ning süüdati seejärel põlema; samuti hävitati viinaköök ja valati ära üle tuhande pange viina. Pärast põlengut mõis taastati. Tollane omanik Max Drögemüller toetas kohalikku elu – vallakooli, pritsimeeste seltsi ja pasunakoori. Nõukogude ajal härrastemaja põles uuesti; katuse alla pandi vaid paekivist esimene korrus ning nüüd on maja varemeis.