Memorial or cemetery
Vana-Vändra manor cemetery
The Ditmar family, owners of Vändra manor, laid out this private cemetery in the 1830s. The first burial came in 1837, when Woldemar Adolph von Ditmar was laid to rest. When the estate was split in two between 1844 and 1854, the plot stayed with Vana-Vändra. Members of the Kruedener and Tiesenhausen families were later buried here too, 32 people in all, the last in 1934. In the 1960s local Soviet officials tried to erase it. Gravestones were broken, and a bandstand, a dance floor and benches were built on the site. They were torn down in 1977. Today a crumbling fieldstone wall, granite gateposts and one leaf of the wrought-iron gate remain. It has been a protected monument since 2008.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Vändra mõisa omanikud Ditmarid rajasid selle kalmistu 1830. aastatel. Esimene matus toimus 1837. aastal, kui siia maeti Woldemar Adolph von Ditmar. Kui mõis aastatel 1844–1854 kaheks jagati, jäi kalmistu Vana-Vändra mõisale. Hiljem on siia maetud ka Kruedenerite ja Tiesenhausenite suguvõsa liikmeid, kokku 32 lahkunut, viimane 1934. aastal. 1960. aastatel püüdis kohalik nõukogude võim kalmistut hävitada. Osa hauatähiseid lõhuti ning platsile ehitati kõlakoda, tantsuplats ja pingid. Need lammutati 1977. aastal. Tänaseks on alles lagunenud maakivimüür, graniidist väravapostid ja sepisvärava vasakpoolne pool. Kalmistu on riiklik ajaloomälestis alates 2008. aastast.