Kõrgessaare Hohenholm

The small manor of Kõrgessaare was founded in the 1500s by Perwoy Putilov, a Russian boyar who had gone over to the Swedes. In 1624 the De la Gardies established the manor here together with a harbor that kept up regular sailings to Stockholm. The one-story wooden Baroque main house was probably built in the late 1700s. The estate later belonged to the Stenbocks and the Ungern-Sternbergs. Left unused, the house collapsed in the 1950s and 1960s, and its ruins were cleared in 1972.

Built / first recorded

late 1700s

Style

Baroque

Condition

Collapsed; ruins cleared in 1972

County

Hiiu County

German name

Hohenholm

Owners

• De la Gardie1624–1691
• Stenbock1755–1781
• Ungern-Sternberg1781–1907

Good to know

• In 1781 the estate sold for 55,000 silver rubles.
• The La Viscosa company built an artificial silk factory on manor land, but the war kept it from ever opening.
• The factory’s workers’ settlement grew into Kõrgessaare village, known locally as Viskoosa.

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