Manor · Rapla County · Kohila
Lohu Loal
Lohu was founded in the 1620s by Hans von Maydell on a medieval mill site. In the 1780s Otto Wilhelm von Krusenstern built a two-story house whose hall was decorated in 1791 with grisaille paintings by Christian Gottlieb Welté. They were later covered by Paris scenic wallpapers based on Don Quixote. The explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern also lived here for a time.
Built / first recorded 1780s · altered late 1800s
Style Early Classicism
Condition Standing
German name Loal Today
The house is privately owned; an older building from the early 1700s also survives.
Owners von Maydell1620. aastad–17. saj von Ulrich1637–1778 von Krusenstern1778–1798 von Helffreich1821–1908 Baranoff1910–1919 Good to know The hall’s grisaille paintings were made by Christian Gottlieb Welté in 1791. The Don Quixote scenic wallpapers are now kept by the Estonian History Museum. In 1920 the manor center was granted to Rear Admiral Johan Pitka. Photos through time 1905 · Lohu manor, the Don Quixote hall after the looting of1905 · Lohu manor, the drawing room after the looting ofbefore 1940 · Lohu manor house before the wararchive · Lohu manor, scenic wallpaper with a Don Quixote scenearchive · Lohu manor1986 · Lohu manor1986 · Lohu manor2011 · The main house, 20112011 · The manor water mill, 20112011 · The steward’s house, the older Baroque building2022 · Lohu manor, 2022Nearby
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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