Manor · Lääne-Viru County · Väike-Maarja
Avanduse Awandus
Avanduse was recorded in 1494 as a Taube estate and passed to the Focks in the 1600s. Gideon von Fock’s grand house was burned in the Great Northern War. The oldest part of today’s very long main house is a two-story Baroque stone building from about 1760. In 1849 the explorer and admiral Count Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke (Fyodor Litke) bought the estate and lived here until his death. In 1899–1902 the architect Rudolf von Engelhardt joined the house to the old steward’s house, creating a single building with Neo-Renaissance touches.
Built / first recorded c. 1760 · final form 1899–1902
Style Historicism
Condition Standing
German name Awandus Today
The manor housed the Avanduse parish government until 2005; a plaque on the wall honors the explorer Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke.
Owners Taube1494–17. saj Fock17. saj–18. saj von Schwebs19. saj–1849 von Lütke1849–1882 von Bremen1882–1919 Good to know In 1849 Lütke paid 110,000 rubles for the estate. By 1913 the estate had a water mill, a steam-powered distillery, lime kilns and a quarry. An agricultural school ran at the manor until 1955. Photos through time 1914 · Avanduse manor (Awandus), the hall in the new house1914 · Avanduse manor (Awandus), the dining room in the new housebefore 1940 · Avanduse manor (Awandus), the new part of the main house from the courtyard, before the wararchive · Avanduse manor (Awandus), main entrance of the housearchive · Avanduse manor (Awandus), the house from the garden, with the gallery (winter garden) linking the old and new parts2008 · Outbuildings of the manor, 20082008 · The manor granary, 2008Nearby
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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