Manor · Järva County · Järva Parish
Kurisoo Kurrisal
Kurisoo was first recorded in 1585, when it belonged to Brun Drolshagen. It then passed in turn to the Mundus, Lieven, Ramm and Knorring families. In 1792 Otto Hermann von Mohrenschildt acquired the manor and built up a stately manor center. In the early 1800s a one-story hip-roofed stone house with a four-column portico was completed; its interior door panels are decorated with marquetry. From 1873 until expropriation the manor belonged to the Staal family.
Built / first recorded early 1800s
Style Classicism
Condition Standing
German name Kurrisal Today
The dilapidated house was restored in the mid-1980s, and in 1989 the Aravete village museum moved in.
Owners Drolshagen1585 Mundus von Lieven von Ramm von Knorring1792 von Mohrenschildt1792–1873 von Staal1873–1919 Good to know The manor center now lies within the small borough of Aravete. The house held the prewar Aravete post office and later the local communications office until the mid-1980s. Its German name was Kurrisal. Photos through time 1937 · Kurisoo manor (Kurisall), the main house1937 · Kurisoo manor (Kurisall), the main housearchive · Kurisoo manor, home of the prewar Aravete post office and later the local communications office until the mid-1980s1987 · Kurisoo manor1987 · Kurisoo manor2001 · Kurisoo manor2012 · Kurisoo manor house, 20122012 · The 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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