Mäetaguse Mehntack

Mäetaguse was first recorded in 1542 and was among the largest estates in Virumaa. It was burned in 1703 during the Great Northern War, and in 1738 it passed to the von Rosens; Land Councilor Otto Fabian von Rosen drew up the notorious Rosen Declaration of 1739, which affirmed the peasants’ lack of rights. The two-story Early Classicist main house was finished in 1796 and rebuilt in the 1800s.

Built / first recorded

1796 · rebuilt 1800s

Style

Early Classicism

Condition

Restored

County

Ida-Viru County · Alutaguse

German name

Mehntack

Owners

• von Tiesenhausen16. saj–17. saj
• Wrangell1638–18. saj
• von Rosen1738–1919

Good to know

• The estate was burned in 1703 during the Great Northern War.
• Otto Fabian von Rosen drew up the Rosen Declaration in 1739.
• The Rosens’ Neo-Gothic chapel stands about 3 km away.

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