Vandzene Manor

Vandzene Manor
Vandzene Manor is located in Latvia
Vandzene Manor
Vandzene 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

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References

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  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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