Manor · Lääne-Viru County · Kadrina
Vohnja Fonal
Vohnja is recorded from 1504, and from 1837 to 1919 it belonged to the von Tiesenhausens. The single-story Classicist house was built in the 1820s–1830s under the von Baumgartens, and with its fieldstone and brick outbuildings it is counted among the finest examples of High Classicism in Estonia. In 1739 the complaint of Jaan, Vohnja’s miller, against his lord was among the cases behind the Rosen Declaration.
Built / first recorded 1820s–1830s
Style High Classicism
Condition Standing
German name Fonal Today
The house holds a kindergarten and primary school and a branch of the Kadrina parish library.
Owners van der Heyde1504–16. saj Oxenstierna17. saj–17. saj Baer1726–1787 von Baumgarten1805–1837 von Tiesenhausen1837–1919 Good to know In 1772 Kolu was split off from Vohnja as a separate manor. In 1930 the house was rebuilt as a community hall. In 1949 it became the center of a collective farm. Photos through time 1850 · Vohnja manor house from the garden, watercolorbefore 1940 · Vohnja manor house from the garden before the warbefore 1940 · Vohnja manor, interior before the wararchive · Vohnja manor house with the lake in frontarchive · Vohnja manor, the threshing barnarchive · Vohnja manor, the distillery2012 · The main house, 20122012 · The house and ponds, 20122012 · The distillery, 2012Nearby
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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