Manor · 1748
Paju Manor
German: Luhde-Großhof
Paju manor, south of Valga, was split from Luke manor in 1748 under a Wrangell inheritance deal, and in 1750 it was bought by Weinhold Gotthard Barclay de Tolly, of the family that produced the famous Russian field marshal. Historically it lay in the Latvian district of Livonia. The manor's name, though, is remembered for something else: on 31 January 1919, during the Estonian War of Independence, the Battle of Paju was fought here, one of the fiercest of the war, in which the partisan commander Julius Kuperjanov was mortally wounded and after which Valga was freed from the Red Army.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Valgast lõuna pool asuv Paju mõis eraldati Luke mõisast 1748. aastal Wrangellide pärandijagamise käigus ning 1750. aastal ostis selle Weinhold Gotthard Barclay de Tolly kuulsa Vene feldmarssali suguvõsast. Ajalooliselt asus mõis Liivimaa läti distriktis. Mõisa nime mäletatakse aga muu tõttu: 31. jaanuaril 1919, Vabadussõja ajal, peeti siin Paju lahing, üks sõja ägedamaid lahinguid, milles sai surmavalt haavata partisanide juht Julius Kuperjanov ja mille järel vabastati Valga Punaarmee käest.