Ghost story
The black lady of Sagadi manor
Sagadi is one of Estonia's rare rococo manors, and for centuries, it is said, a black lady has lived in it. A daughter of the house fell in love with a man she could never marry, for a noblewoman could wed only her equal. On the night of an engagement party she slipped away with him, then took a pistol and shot herself in the corridor by the armoury. Her footsteps and knocking still return to that corridor, and a painter and a school caretaker are among those who say they have seen a figure in a long black dress there. The manor belongs to the State Forest Management Centre and houses a forest museum and hotel.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Sagadi on üks Eesti haruldasi rokokoomõisaid ja räägitakse, et seal on sajandeid elanud must daam. Maja tütar armus mehesse, kellega ta ei tohtinud kunagi abielluda, sest aadlipreili võis minna mehele vaid endasugusele. Ühe kihlusepeo õhtul lipsas ta koos temaga minema, võttis siis püstoli ja lasi end relvakambri kõrval koridoris maha. Tema sammud ja koputused tulevad sellesse koridori siiani tagasi ning nende seas, kes väidavad end seal pikas mustas kleidis kuju nägevat, on üks kunstnik ja endine koolimaja hoidja. Mõis kuulub Riigimetsa Majandamise Keskusele ja seal on metsamuuseum ning hotell.