Mooste Moisekatz

In the late 1500s King Stefan Batory of Poland granted these lands to Wilhelm Sturtz, a judge from Võnnu. The von Nolckens took over in 1810, and Eduard von Nolcken turned the estate into one of southern Estonia’s grandest ensembles, with a main house finished in 1909 to August Reinberg’s design. Along the lakeshore stand fieldstone stables and a distillery trimmed in patterned brick, and a bell tower styled like a medieval keep.

Built / first recorded

1909

Style

Heimat style

Condition

Standing

County

Põlva County · Mooste

German name

Moisekatz

Owners

• Sturtz16. saj
• von Nolcken1810–1919

Good to know

• The outbuildings are counted among Estonia’s most elaborate historicist complexes.
• A bell tower styled like a medieval keep stands at a corner of the boundary wall.
• The gates were lined up to frame planned views across the estate.

Photos through time

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