Bornsminde Manor (German: Herrenhaus Bornsmünde) is a manor house located in the
Rundāle Parish
Rundāle Parish () is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia
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of
Rundāle Municipality
Rundāle Municipality () is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Rundāle Parish, Svitene Parish and Viesturi Parish, the administrative centre being Pilsrundāle. The population in 2020 was ...
in the
Semigallia
Semigallia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of the Daugava and to the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. The territory is split between Latvia and Lithuania, previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic tri ...
region of
Latvia
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.
History
The first manor owner was Josef
von Heiden, who was replaced in 1462 by
Master of the Livonian Order Johann von Mengede. From the 15th century until the end of the 1920s, the manor was owned by the von Šeping noble family, and from 1499 to 1868 it was directly inherited by a son from his father. Around 1763, the new manor house was built in its present location - a one-story brick building in
baroque
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style. Between 1805 and 1806, it was rebuilt in the late
classicism
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style by architect Pietro Ponchini and became a two-storied building. Servants' barns were built on both sides of the parade courtyard, and at the end of the barn and further on, stables. In 1880s the manor house was rebuilt again to give it a fashionable
Gothic revival
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look with addition of a tower. It was rebuilt once again in 1962 when building obtained it present appearance, losing the facade decorations and interior finishing elements of the past. In the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, the building houses the dormitories of the National Agricultural Technical School. Between 1967 and mid-1992 the manor housed a
tuberculosis
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hospital. In July 1993, Bornsminde Manor became the property of Rundale Parish Municipality, privatized in 2000.
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See also
*List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia
This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a List of castles in Latvia, separate article. And as there are more than 1000 manor houses and palaces in ...
References
External links
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Manor houses in Semigallia
Bauska Municipality
Bauska county
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