Manor · Rapla County
Valtu Waldau
Under the von Tiesenhausens, a long, magnificent classical main house rose here in the 1820s. It was burned in 1905 and its ruins were later pulled down — only two dome-roofed dwellings survive. Here is how it might look today.
Built / first recorded 1820s
Style Classicism
Condition Lost 1905
German name Waldau Today
The main house is gone. Two dome-roofed dwellings and the Puraviku windmill remain.
Owners von Tiesenhausen von Stackelberg von Maydell von Ungern-Sternberg Girard de Soucanton1886–1919 Good to know With its six-column portico and domed pavilions it was counted among the finest works of Estonian classicism before it burned in 1905. Bricks from the manor’s brickworks built much of the town of Rapla. The Puraviku windmill’s weathervane reads 1815, about a decade older than the main house. Photos through time 1842 · Landsitz Waldau, drawn by Elizabeth Rigby, 18421900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), main house salon1900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), main house from the courtyard1900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), main house after the fire1900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), hall1900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), garden1900 · Valtu manor (Waldau), main house from the garden1905 · Valtu manor after the manor burnings of the revolutionarchive · The Valtu main house, viewarchive · Valtu manor side houseNearby
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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