Manor · Järva County · Paide
Esna Orrisaar
Esna was founded in the 1620s and took its Estonian name from the Essen family, to whom Gustav II Adolf granted the land. From 1792 it belonged to the Grünewaldts, who built a modest single-story Classicist timber house in 1821. In the 1880s a stone wing and a Historicist porch were added at one end. The last manager, Adolph von Grünewaldt, stayed on at the manor after the land reform and was murdered in 1921.
Built / first recorded 1821 · stone wing 1880s
Style Classicist wooden manor
Condition Restored
German name Orrisaar Today
The privately owned house has been restored; many farm buildings and a Neo-Gothic cemetery chapel survive.
Owners von Essen1626–18. saj von Kursell1774–1792 von Grünewaldt1792–1919 Good to know Gustav II Adolf granted the lands to Major General Alexander von Essen in 1626. The main house is a protected monument. The Neo-Gothic cemetery chapel was built in 1842. Photos through time 1937 · Esna manor housearchive · Esna manorarchive · Esna community hall (the manor) in the 1970s2012 · The main house, 20122012 · The back of the house, 20122012 · The distillery ruins2014 · A ceiling detail, 2014Nearby
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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