Mālpils Manor

Mālpils Manor
Mālpils Manor
Vidzeme, Latvia
Type	Manor

Mālpils Manor (Latvian: Mālpils muižas pils) is a manor house in the historical region of Vidzeme, in northern Latvia.^[1]

History

A military castle (German: Schloß Lemburg) was built in the second half of the 14th century and demolished after the 1626 war. It was not replaced until the second half of the 18th century when a new manor house was built near the castle ruins.^[2] The manor burned down in 1905 and was rebuilt between 1907 and 1911 by master builder Jānis Meņģelis according to a design by architect Wilhelm Bockslaff.

From 1949 to 1965 it was the site of an irrigation technology school. After 1980 it housed a museum of agriculture and irrigation, displaying the first map of Latvia drawn in 1688 by Swedish engineers.^[3] The building was privatized and renovated after 2006 and now houses a restaurant and hotel with catering and conference facilities.

References

^ 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)
^ Alberts Zarāns (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. A. Zarāns. p. 228. ISBN 9789984785059. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Roger Williams; Hans Hoefer (1993). Baltic States. Apa Publications. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-395-65985-4. Retrieved 28 August 2012.