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Manor house in Latvia
Vandzene Manor
Vandzene Manor is located in LatviaVandzene ManorVandzene Manor
General information
LocationVandzene Parish, Talsi Municipality, Courland
Country Latvia
Coordinates57°19′40″N 22°48′13″E / 57.32778°N 22.80361°E / 57.32778; 22.80361
ClientHeikings [de]

Vandzene Manor (Latvian: Vandzenes muižas pils, German: Herrenhaus Wandsen) is a manor house in Vandzene Parish, Talsi Municipality in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia.

History

Vandzene manor is first mentioned in the 17th century. The manor ensemble was created for the family of Baron Heikings [de] in the middle of the 19th century. The manor park (17 ha) is one of the most typical Latvian landscape parks. In front of the manor palace is a front garden designed in 1937 by Andrejs Zeidaks, garden architect from Riga. Since 1937, Vandzene Secondary School, originally founded in 1866, has been located in the manor palace.

See also

References

  1. Vandzene Manor vietas.lv
  2. Vandzene manor (Vandzene) Wikimapia
  3. Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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