Manor · Põlva County · Ahja
Ahja Aya
Peter the Great gave Ahja to the widow of Pastor Ernst Glück, whose household had raised the future Empress Catherine I. In the late 1740s one of southern Estonia’s most lavish Baroque mansions rose here. A fire on an October night in 2007 consumed every wooden beam and the Baroque interiors, leaving only bare walls.
Built / first recorded late 1740s
Style Baroque
Condition Awaiting rescue
German name Aya Today
The walls left by the 2007 fire are conserved under a new roof, but the building stands empty.
Owners Oxenstierna17. saj Glück18. saj–1743 de Villebois1743–1766 von Liphart1766 von Brasch1819–1919 Good to know A school occupied the house from 1929 to 1997. An avenue leads to the von Brasch family cemetery with its Neo-Renaissance chapel. The building is 44 m long and 15 m wide. Photos through time archive · Ahja across the pondarchive · Ahja across the pondarchive · Ahja manorarchive · Ahja manorarchive · Ahja manor and school buildingarchive · Ahja manorarchive · Ahja manorarchive · Ahja manor vestibulearchive · Ahja manor across the river1974 · Ahja manor and park2014 · Ahja from the back, 20142018 · The Ahja house under its new roof, 2018Nearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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