Kiviloo Fegefeuer

In 1413 the Bishop of Tallinn moved his main estate to Kiviloo and raised a castle the Germans called Fegefeuer, meaning Purgatory. In 1558, during the Livonian War, Russian troops stormed the castle, held by only eleven defenders, and set it ablaze. The old wooden manor house burned in 1905, and the von Stackelbergs built a stone house in its place that still stands beside the ruins.

Built / first recorded

c. 1906–1910

Style

Historicism, with Art Nouveau and Neo-Gothic touches

Condition

Rebuilt

County

Harju County · Raasiku

German name

Fegefeuer

Owners

• Tallinna piiskopid1413–1558
• von Stackelberg1842–1919

Good to know

• The German name Fegefeuer means “Purgatory.”
• The castle was L-shaped, with two wings, a moat and a round artillery tower.
• A straight 800-meter avenue once ran from the manor toward Harju-Jaani.

Photos through time

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