Lihula Leal

The bishop’s seat stood on Lihula’s castle hill as early as 1211, and in 1630 the Swedish king sold the surrounding lands to the commander Åke Tott. In 1824 the von Wistinghausens built a two-story classicist stone house below the fortress, with a columned portico and pediment. Since 1994 it has told the region’s story as a museum.

Built / first recorded

1824

Style

Classicism

Condition

Restored

County

Lääne County · Lihula

German name

Leal

Owners

• Tott1630
• von Hahn1726–1795
• von Stackelberg1795–1812
• von Wistinghausen1812–1874
• von Buxhoeveden1874–1919

Good to know

• A replica medieval trebuchet was built on the neighboring castle ruins in 1997.
• The estate includes a colonnaded granary, a Dutch windmill and the ruins of a distillery.
• The museum covers the Baltic Germans, Lihula castle and southern Läänemaa folk art.

Photos through time

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