Manor · Ida-Viru County · Blue Hills
Vaivara Waiwara
The Vaivara manor house stood on the easternmost of the Blue Hills and belonged to the von Korffs until 1919. In the 1920s and 1930s it housed an orphanage of the Estonian Red Cross. On 16 August 1941 retreating destruction battalions set it on fire.
Built / first recorded 19th century
Style Main house on a hilltop
Condition Lost 1941
German name Waiwara Today
The house is gone. The hill is still called Orphanage Hill; the Blue Hills hold a museum and memorials to the 1944 battles.
Photos through time 1928 · An excursion on Vaivara manor steps1937 · The Vaivara main house1937 · Vaivara main house1937 · Vaivara main house1937 · Vaivara main housearchive · Vaivara manor before the Second World Wararchive · Vaivara manorarchive · Vaivara manor and the hillarchive · The Vaivara main housearchive · The Vaivara main house2011 · The Blue Hills today: a museum and memorials where the manor stoodNearby
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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