Manor · Lääne-Viru County · Tapa
Jäneda Jendel
Jäneda was recorded as a manor in 1510, and its last owners were the von Benckendorffs. Outbuildings of fieldstone and red brick rose in the late 1800s, and in 1915 a castle-like manor house replaced the timber house that had burned in 1902. The last lady of the manor, Maria Zakrevskaya-Benckendorff-Budberg, whose friends included Maxim Gorky and H. G. Wells, is part of cultural history; in 1934 Wells finished the third volume of his memoirs at Jäneda.
Built / first recorded 1913–1915
Style Historicism (castle-like)
Condition Standing
German name Jendel Today
The manor houses a rural business information center; the ensemble is unified by split fieldstone and red brick.
Owners Taube16. saj–17. saj von Fersen17. saj–18. saj von Löwenstern18. saj–19. saj von Benckendorff19. saj–1919 Good to know The distillery with its tall brick chimney was built in 1888–1890. In 1921 the North Estonian agricultural school moved to Jäneda. Over 82 years the school trained 2,308 agronomists. Photos through time 1903 · Jäneda manor1903 · Jäneda manor1930 · Jäneda manor’s new housearchive · Jäneda manor’s old house (burned in 1902)archive · Jäneda manor’s old house from the garden (burned in 1902)archive · Jäneda manor with beehives1984 · Jäneda manor2014 · The manor water mill, 20142014 · The fieldstone stable, 20142020 · The main house, 20202021 · The main house, 2021Nearby
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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