Järve manor is first recorded in 1497. From the 1500s to the 1700s it belonged to the Paykülls and later to the Dehns; the last owner was Georg von Dehn. In the early 1500s the manor was built as a vassal castle: a probably three-story building of about 13 by 18 meters, with storerooms in the cellar, living quarters on the second floor and a defensive level on the third. In the 1700s and 1800s the medieval building was extended at both ends into a long two-story manor house.
In the 1960s the medieval castle core was cleared from the ruins, but the restoration stalled in the 1970s while the roof was being built. A temporary flat roof now protects the walls. Little but ruins remains of the later end sections.
Owners
von Payküll16. saj–18. saj
von Dehn1919
Good to know
The vassal castle’s living floor had two vaulted rooms: a larger front chamber and a smaller back chamber.
Restoration of the medieval core stalled in the 1970s while the roof was being built.
