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Vanamõisa Manor

Vanamõisa mõis · German: Wannamois

Vanamõisa in Kirbla parish stood on land that in the Middle Ages belonged to the Cistercian nunnery of Lihula; throughout Swedish times it was held by the Oxenstiernas, and from 1851 by the Budbergs. In the early 19th century it got a very long classicist house, and a 4 km straight avenue from Kirbla crossed a seven-arched stone bridge just before the forecourt. In the 1905 uprising the house was burned and its owner, Otto von Budberg, was killed, one of only two Estonian landowners to die in the revolt. The house was never rebuilt; only the arched bridge survives in its original glory.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kirbla kihelkonna Vanamõisa mõis asus maal, mis kuulus keskajal Lihula tsistertslaste nunnakloostrile; kogu Rootsi aja valdasid seda Oxenstiernad ja 1851. aastast Budbergid. 19. sajandi alguses sai see väga pika klassitsistliku peahoone ning Kirblast viiv 4 km pikkune sirge sihtee ületas vahetult enne auringi seitsme kaarega kivisilla. 1905. aasta ülestõusus põletati peahoone ja tapeti omanik Otto von Budberg, üks kahest ülestõusus hukkunud Eesti mõisnikust. Maja enam ei taastatud; algses hiilguses on alles vaid kaartega kivisild.

Map of the area around Vanamõisa Manor
58.70711° N, 24.02607° E · Kirbla parish · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://mois.ee/mois/vanamoisa-15 ↗

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