Holdre

Holdre
Village

Holdre manor
Holdre

Location in Estonia

Coordinates: 57°56′37.3″N 25°44′25.5″E / 57.943694°N 25.740417°E / 57.943694; 25.740417Coordinates: 57°56′37.3″N 25°44′25.5″E / 57.943694°N 25.740417°E / 57.943694; 25.740417
Country  Estonia
County Valga County
Municipality Helme Parish

Holdre a village in Helme Parish, Valga County (previously in Viljandi County) in Estonia.[1]

Holdre manor

As a landed estate, the manor of Holdre (German: Hollershof) has a history that goes back to at least 1597. Throughout most of its history, the manor was owned by different aristocratic Baltic German families. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, it was used by the Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union.[2][3]

The main building of the manor house was modernized in about 1910 by Woldemar von Ditmar. It was built to the design of Otto Wildau,[1] a Riga-based architect who also designed the nearby Taagepera Castle and in a similar style: Art Nouveau with heavy influences from Finnish National Romanticism. The likeness between the two manors is perhaps because the owner of Holdre estate at the time, Ditmar, was the brother-in-law of the landowner at Sangaste, Hugo von Stryk. The manor house of Holdre is the lesser of the two, being a single-storey building rich in façade decoration typical for its style.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Holdre Manor". Estonian Manor. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 263. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
  3. 1 2 Viirand, Tiiu (2004). Estonia. Cultural Tourism. Kunst Publishers. pp. 202–203. ISBN 9949-407-18-4.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.