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Glehn Castle (, also Mustamäe Manor, ) is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of
File:Glehni loss in winter time.jpg, The castle
File:Glehn's Castle in July 2017 4.jpg, Side view
File:Kalevipoeg 2025.jpg, Glehn's '' Kalevipoeg'' sculpture
File:Palmimaja 2025.jpg, Inside the palm house
File:Tallinn Observatory 2025.jpg, Glehn's lookout tower, now used as the Tallinn Observatory
File:Glehni krokodill 1.jpg, Glehn's ''Crocodile'' sculpture
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
Glehn Castle (, also Mustamäe Manor, ) is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
, Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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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 such as a palm house (1900–1910) and observatory tower (1910), and the sculptures '' Kalevipoeg'' (1908) and ''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 Detective fiction, crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serial (literature), serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from ...
'' () was shot around the castle in 1981.
Gallery
See also
* List of palaces and manor houses in EstoniaReferences
External links
Official page
at the website of
Tallinn University of Technology
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; ) is the only Institute of technology, technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration a ...
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