Ervita is a village in

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in northern-central

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Ervita manor

Ervita manor () is mentioned for the first time in 1663. The present building dates from the early 19th century and is a simple Neoclassical building. Russian general

Gotthard Johann von Knorring Gotthard Johann von Knorring (1744/1746 – 1825; , Bogdan Fyodorovich Knorring) was a Baltic German who was a soldier in the Russian Army, rising to become a general. Biography He was born in 1744 or 1746 into the Knorring family, as a member o ...

was originally from Ervita manor.

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Ervita manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Järva County Manor houses in Estonia Kreis Jerwen {{Järva-geo-stub