Klooga, once called Lodijärve, was first recorded in 1504, and stone buildings are thought to have stood there already in the Middle Ages; after the lake’s German name the house was also called Lodensee Castle. In 1665 Hans von Klugen acquired the manor, and the Klugens kept it until 1908 – the Estonian name Klooga comes from theirs. The main house was completed in 1794: its basement story was vaulted, the first floor held a suite of state rooms and the second floor the living quarters. In front of it lay a court of honor framed by two stone houses, a stable and carriage house and a granary.
The main house stands in ruins on the east shore of Klooga Lake; the buildings around the court of honor have been altered, and the formal park is gone.
Owners
von Niroth16. saj
Heydemann17. saj
von Klugen1665–1908
von Krusenstern1919
Good to know
Eduard Bornhöhe’s story Tasuja (The Avenger) is thought to be set around Lodensee Castle.
In 1632 the owner Georg Heydemann gave Keila church a pulpit.
The Klooga geological member is named after the manor.
