Vaiņode Manor

Vaiņode Manor (German: Gut Wainoden, Latvian: Vaiņodes muižas pils) was a manor house in Vaiņode Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.^[2]

Vaiņode Manor
Vaiņode Manor
Alternative names	Gut Wainoden
General information
Location	Vaiņode Parish, Vaiņode Municipality
Country	Latvia
Coordinates	56°24′58″N 21°53′46″E [1]
Completed	1912
Client	von Grothuss family
Technical details
Structural system	Ruins
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Berči (Bertschy), Makss (1871—1935)

History

A two-story neo-Renaissance structure with two towers was built on the estate during the second half of the 19th century. The rich interior decoration was designed by August Volz's workshop in Riga. This building was completely destroyed by fire during the 1905 Russian revolution.^[3] A massive new three-story manor house with a mansard roof was built on the old foundations in 1912. It was designed by the architect Max Theodor Bertschy (1871–1935),^[4] the son of Paul Max Bertschy(1840–1911) for the family of baron von Grothuss. After Latvia's agrarian reform in the 1920s, the manor was converted into a sanatorium for state employees.^[5] This second structure was in turn destroyed during World War II and never rebuilt.^[3]

See also

• List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia