Manor
Viimsi Manor
German: Wiems
Viimsi was founded by the Bridgettine convent of Pirita on lands the Livonian Order had given it on the Viimsi peninsula. In 1758 Empress Elizabeth gave Viimsi, Lagedi and Saha, together with the island of Aegna, to the Governor of Tallinn, Duke Peter August Friedrich of Holstein-Beck, who sold Viimsi only two years later. In 1919 an attempt was made to set aside for the widow of the last owner a plot holding Pirita beach and the ruins of Pirita convent, but the deal was never registered and the land was expropriated with the rest. The manor house is now home to the Estonian War Museum.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Viimsi mõisa rajas Pirita klooster maadele, mille Liivimaa ordu oli talle Viimsi poolsaarel kinkinud. 1758. aastal kinkis keisrinna Jelizaveta Viimsi, Lagedi ja Saha mõisa koos Aegna saarega Tallinna kubernerile, Holstein-Becki hertsogile Peter August Friedrichile, kes müüs Viimsi juba kaks aastat hiljem. 1919. aastal püüti viimase omaniku lesele eraldada maakoht, kuhu kuulusid Pirita rand ja Pirita kloostri varemed, kuid leping jäi kinnistamata ja maa võõrandati koos mõisaga. Mõisa peahoones asub Eesti Sõjamuuseum.