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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The film The Hound of the Baskervilles (Russian: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей) was shot around the castle in 1981.
Gallery
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The castle
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Side view
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Glehn's Kalevipoeg sculpture
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Inside the palm house
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Glehn's lookout tower, now used as the Tallinn Observatory
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Glehn's Crocodile sculpture
See also
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[edit | edit source]External links
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- Official page at the website of Tallinn University of Technology (in Estonian)
- Mustamäe Manor at Estonian Manors Portal
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