Kose-Uuemõisa, first recorded in 1340 as Nova Curia, is one of the oldest manors in Estonia. The house was probably built on the walls of a fortified dwelling destroyed in the Livonian War, and in places its walls are up to 2 meters thick. In 1805 it saw one of the largest peasant uprisings, the Kose-Uuemõisa War. In the 1850s the Uexkülls rebuilt the house and added two-story wings.
The manor houses Kosejõe School; the park has a Neo-Gothic chapel of 1886 and greenhouse ruins.
Owners
Taube1486–1622
von Tiesenhausen17. saj–18. saj
von Straelborn1833–1850
von Uexküll1850–1923
Good to know
Legend says the lord had the park pond dug in a single night for his wife.
In 1917 it was the first manor in Estonia taken over by the Bolsheviks.
The house stands on a small peninsula in the Pirita River.
Photos through time
2004 · Ceiling painting in the hall, 2004 Ahti Vuks · Copyrighted free use2004 · What may be medieval walls in the cellar Ahti Vuks · Copyrighted free use2012 · Kose-Uuemõisa manor, 2012 Athanasius Soter · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · The manor in winter, 2012 Piilkond · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE
