Glehn Castle
Glehn Castle (Estonian: Glehni loss, also Mustamäe Manor, German: Hohenhaupt) is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of Tallinn, Estonia.
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.[1] 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.[2]
In popular culture
The film The Hound of the Baskervilles (Russian: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей) was shot around the castle in 1981.
Gallery
- The castle
- Side view
- Glehn's Kalevipoeg sculpture
- Inside the palm house
- Glehn's lookout tower, now used as the Tallinn Observatory
- Glehn's Crocodile sculpture
See also
References
External links
- Official page at the website of Tallinn University of Technology (in Estonian)
- Mustamäe Manor at Estonian Manors Portal
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- Toompea Castle
- Town Hall
- Old Thomas
- Kiek in de Kök
- St Mary's Cathedral
- St. Olaf's church
- St. Nicholas Church
- Church of the Holy Ghost
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- Saint Catherine's Monastery
- Town Hall Pharmacy
- Great Guild
- Pikk Hermann tower
- Knighthood House
- Stenbock House
- Kadriorg Palace
- Presidential Palace
- Pirita Monastery
- Glehn Castle (Tallinn Observatory)
- Maarjamäe Manor
- Maarjamäe Memorial
- TV Tower
- Linnahall
- Patarei Sea Fortress-Prison
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- Bronze Soldier
- Charles Leroux Monument
- Russalka Memorial
- Raekoja plats
- Freedom Square
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- House of the Brotherhood of Blackheads
- Tallinn Synagogue
parks
- Tallinn Zoo
- Tallinn Botanic Garden
- Lake Ülemiste
- Lake Harku
- Pirita River
- Aegna island
- Kadriorg Park
- Danish King's Garden
- Kanuti Garden
- Kuberneri Garden
- Komandandi Garden
- Toompark
- Hirvepark
- Harjumägi
- Lindamägi
- Tammsaare Park
- Police Garden
- Löwenruh Park
- Glehn Park
- Jüriöö Park
- Pae Park
- Lillepi Park
- Kakumäe Coastal Park
- Kopli cemetery
- Kalamaja cemetery
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