Põlgaste manor was created in the late 1600s, when it was split off from Krootuse. It first belonged to Georg Rothhausen; after the Great Northern War it changed hands often, and in the 1800s it was held for a long time by the Roths. Before the 1919 expropriation its owner was Erich von Oettingen. The house is a one-story stone building with a half-hipped roof from the late 1700s. In the early 1800s a four-column portico was added on the park side, giving the house a more Classical look.
After expropriation the house served as a school until the late 1900s. Besides a few outbuildings, a distinctive airy openwork brick park wall survives. Today the area around the manor is known as Lahe.
Owners
Rothhausen17. saj lõpp
von Roth19. saj
von Oettingen1919
Good to know
A distinctive airy openwork brick park wall survives.
Põlgaste village lies 7 kilometers northwest of the manor; the manor area itself is known as Lahe.
Its German name was Pölks.
Photos through time
2014 · Põlgaste manor house, 2014 Sille Kink · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2014 · Põlgaste manor openwork brick wall, 2014 Sille Kink · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2014 · Põlgaste manor steward’s house, 2014 Sille Kink · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2025 · Back of the Põlgaste manor house, 2025 Tauno Erik · CC BY 4.0
