Ghost story
The little daughter of Riisipere manor
In 1897 Riisipere passed to Baron Friedrich von Stackelberg and his wife Adina von Dellingshausen, who filled the grand neoclassical house with children. Their young daughter died, and the family's grief was so deep that a window in the White Hall was bricked up after her death. Soon the servants began to meet the girl again. A maid working in the main house encountered her several times walking calmly through the rooms; the first time, she took the child for a visiting guest and only later understood whom she had seen. The story lived on in the memories of the manor's staff. The restored main building is one of Harju County's finest manor houses.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1897. aastal läks Riisipere parun Friedrich von Stackelbergile ja tema abikaasale Adina von Dellingshausenile, kes täitsid uhke klassitsistliku maja lastega. Nende noor tütar suri ja pere lein oli nii sügav, et pärast tema surma müüriti valges saalis üks aken kinni. Peagi hakkasid teenijad tüdrukut jälle kohtama. Peamajas töötanud toatüdruk nägi teda mitu korda rahulikult tubades kõndimas; esimesel korral pidas ta last külaliseks ja alles hiljem mõistis, keda ta oli näinud. Lugu elas edasi mõisateenijate mälestustes. Restaureeritud peahoone on üks Harjumaa uhkemaid mõisamaju.
Source: Servants' memories in folk tradition, cited by Mõisablogi (after M. A. Remmel, 'Mõisalegendid'). ↗