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The Glehn Castle ( et, Glehni loss, also Mustamäe Manor, german: Hohenhaupt) is a castle on the hillside of
File:Glehni loss.jpg, The castle
File:Glehn's Castle in July 2017 4.jpg, side view
File:Glehni Kalevipoeg 2.jpg, Sculpture of
Official page
at the website of
Mustamäe Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal {{Castles in Estonia Castles in Estonia Buildings and structures in Tallinn Houses completed in 1886 Manor houses in Estonia 1880s establishments in Estonia Kreis Harrien 1886 establishments in the Russian Empire
The Glehn Castle ( et, Glehni loss, also Mustamäe Manor, german: Hohenhaupt) is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme
Nõmme (Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-clas ...
, part of Tallinn
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, Estonia
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.
History
The manor was designed and established by Nikolai von Glehn on the northern part of the lands of his Jälgimäe Manor to become his new residence. The castle was completed in 1886. The castle is surrounded by a park with several buildings like a palm house (1900–1910), observatory tower (1910) and sculptures "Kalevipoeg
''Kalevipoeg'' (, ''Kalev's Son'') is a 19th century Epic poetry, epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has since been considered the Estonian national epic.
Origins
In pre-Christian ancient Estonia there existed an oral tradition ...
" (1908), "Crocodile" (1908), all of which were also designed by Glehn himself.
After Glehn emigrated to Germany in 1918 the castle was looted and fell into decline. In the 1960s, restoration of the building commenced. The renovated palace was inaugurated on the 24 March 1977.
In popular culture
The film ''The Hound of the Baskervilles
''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is se ...
'' (russian: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей) was shot around the castle in 1981.
Gallery
Kalevipoeg
''Kalevipoeg'' (, ''Kalev's Son'') is a 19th century Epic poetry, epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald which has since been considered the Estonian national epic.
Origins
In pre-Christian ancient Estonia there existed an oral tradition ...
File:Glehni palmimaja 8.jpg, Inside the palm house
File:Glehni vaatetorn 3.jpg, Glehn's lookout tower now used as the Tallinn Observatory
File:Glehni krokodill 1.jpg, Glehn's "Crocodile"
See also
*List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia
This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Estonia, separate article. As there are at least 400 manor houses in Estonia, this list is incomplete.
Palaces ...
References
External links
Official page
at the website of
Tallinn University of Technology
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...
Mustamäe Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal {{Castles in Estonia Castles in Estonia Buildings and structures in Tallinn Houses completed in 1886 Manor houses in Estonia 1880s establishments in Estonia Kreis Harrien 1886 establishments in the Russian Empire