Manor · Jõgeva County · Kuremaa
Kuremaa Jensel
The Wrangels founded the estate in the 1500s, and over the following centuries war, bankruptcy and inheritance passed it from family to family. In 1834 Alexander von Oettingen bought it, and architect Emil Julius Strauss completed a stately Classical house above the lake. Fire gutted the building in February 1986, but it was rebuilt in its original form by the end of the next year.
Built / first recorded 1837–1843
Style Late Classicism
Condition Rebuilt
German name Jensel Today
The manor holds a school and event spaces, with a park sloping down to Lake Kuremaa.
Owners von Wrangel16. saj–17. saj von Ungern-Sternberg17. saj–1766 von Liphart1821–1834 von Oettingen1834–1919 Good to know After the estate went bankrupt in 1810, the Livonian Credit Society took it over. About 2.5 km away is the von Oettingen cemetery with a Neo-Gothic chapel. The house was enlarged and refurbished in 1935. Photos through time archive · Kuremaa manorarchive · The Kuremaa main house, facade viewarchive · The Kuremaa main house, facade viewarchive · The Kuremaa main house, exteriorarchive · The Kuremaa main housearchive · Kuremaa main house main entrance1952 · Kuremaa manor in winter2012 · Kuremaa in winter, 20122012 · The Kuremaa main house, 2012Nearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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