Jõgeva manor was founded in the late 1500s, and from the 1750s until 1919 it belonged to the Manteuffels. Its name is tied to its site on an island in the Pedja River. The medium-sized stone house with an attic floor was probably first built in the first half of the 1800s, though it may be older. At that time the half-hipped house had a three-window second-story superstructure on its facade. In the second half of the 1800s a veranda was added at the left end, along with a two-story front section that hid the center of the facade.
After expropriation a plant breeding station began work here, and the Jõgeva plant breeding institute that grew out of it still uses much of the manor. Several outbuildings survive, including the mill and large cattle-barn and stable complexes.
Owners
von Manteuffel1750. aastad–1919
Good to know
The town of Jõgeva grew up not around the manor but 2 kilometers south, around a railway station opened in 1876 that took the manor’s name.
After expropriation the manor housed a plant breeding station.
Its German name was Laisholm.
Photos through time
2012 · Jõgeva manor house, 2012 Toivo Laan · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · Jõgeva manor house, 2012 Toivo Laan · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · Jõgeva manor water mill, 2012 Toivo Laan · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · Jõgeva manor park, 2012 Toivo Laan · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE
