The earliest record of Maidla dates from 1452, when Engelbrecht Lamstorp sold the manor to Goswin Dönhoff. From 1494 to the late 1600s it belonged to the Taubes, in the 1700s to the Rehbinders and the Fersens, and from 1808 to 1919 to the Maydells. The Baroque main house was probably built in the later 1700s on the foundations of a medieval fortified residence, reusing its old vaulted cellars. The 47-meter limestone building has a square flanking tower at each end, and a millpond like a broad moat borders its south and west sides.
From 1950 to 2012 the main house held the Maidla children’s home. The building is in good condition.
Owners
Lamstorp1452
Dönhoff1452–1492
Fahrensbach1492–1494
Taube1494–17. saj lõpp
von Rehbinder18. saj–18. saj
von Fersen18. saj–18. saj
von Maydell1808–1919
Borgelin1920–1930. aastad
Selter1930. aastad–1940
Good to know
In the 1800s the historian Andreas von Löwis of Menar listed Maidla among the castles of Livonia.
After the War of Independence the manor center was granted as a reward to the Danish colonel Richard Gustav Borgelin, who later sold it to Foreign Minister Karl Selter.
The Keila River now runs in a ditch 400 meters southwest of the manor pond.
