List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia

A map consisting of Latvia showing all manors, palaces, castles and other fortifications that are located in the country

This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. Palaces and manors which are now part of the Zemgale region were then part of the Selonia region, and therefore are differentiated for clarity. This list does not include castles, which are listed in a separate article. And as there are more than 1000 manor houses and palaces in Latvia, this list is incomplete.^[1]

Courland[]

Kazdanga palace

Name	Parish	Municipality	Established	Status	Notes	Refs
Aistere manor	Tadaiķi parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	19th century	Preserved	During the Soviet occupation, the building housed apartments, a shop, and a post office
		South Kurzeme Municipality	around 1870	Preserved	Since 1952 it houses a nursing home.
Aizpute manor	Aizpute parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Finished in 1762	Preserved	The building houses the Aizpute Local History Museum
Apriķi Manor	Laža parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Completed in 1742	Preserved	It houses the Apriķi Primary School
	Embūte parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	built around 1867	Preserved	Formerly housed a school but now is a museum.
Boja Manor	Kazdanga parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Built in 1860	Preserved	It currently houses a museum
Cīrava Palace	Cīrava parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1752	Preserved	Reconstructed in the 1960s	[2]
Cēre Manor	Cēre parish	Tukums Municipality	Rebuilt in the 1860s	Preserved	It currently houses the Cēre Primary School
	Vecpils parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Unknown	Destroyed	A guest house by the name of "Vecpils muiža" was constructred on the former site of the manor.
	Embūte parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Possibly built in 1886	Ruins	The manor was left abandoned after the 1970s
	Grobiņa parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1913	Preserved
Dursupe Manor	Balgale parish	Talsi Municipality	Built in 1820	Preserved	Currently is private property	[3]
Dzērve Manor	Cīrava parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	Early 19th century	Preserved	It currently houses the Dzērve Primary School
Embūte manor	Embūte parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	18th century	Ruins	Built upon the foundations of the old manor, it is now in ruin right next to the Embūte castle ruins, as well as the Embūte church ruins.
Ezere Manor	Ezere parish	Saldus municipality	Built in 1750	Preserved	It houses the Ezere Secondary School
Firck Palace	Talsi	Talsi municipality	Built in 1883	Preserved	It houses the Talsi Regional Museum
	Gavieze parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	19th century	Preserved	The manor itself is an elementary school, but a culture house has been established in the former stable
	Grobiņa parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	late 18th-early 19th century	Preserved	It houses the State Social Care Center
Īvande Manor	Īvande parish	Kuldīga municipality	After 1850	Preserved	Stands next to the Īvande Old Manor
	Īvade parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	early 18th century	Preserved	Stands next to the Īvande Manor
Jaunauce Manor	Jaunauce parish	Saldus municipality	Early 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Jaunauce Primary School
Jaunmuiža Manor	Jaunlutriņi parish	Saldus municipality	Beginning of the 1800s	Preserved	It houses the Jaunlutriņu Elementary School
Kabile Manor	Kabile parish	Kuldīga municipality	Between 1734 and 1740	Preserved	Remodelled in the 1860s
	Kalēti parish	South Kurzeme municipality	1876	Preserved	Today, the manor houses the Kalēti Primary School, but the Music and Art School works creatively in the left wing of the building.
Kalna Manor	Rudbārži parish	Skrunda municipality	Around 1855	Preserved	Made available for public events	[4]
Kalnmuiža Manor	Saldus parish	Saldus municipality	Completed in 1874	Preserved	It houses the Saldus Agricultural School	[5]
	Medze parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	rebuilt in 1843	Preserved	The manor is being sold
Kazdanga Palace	Kazdanga parish	Aizpute municipality	1800	Preserved	Burned in 1905 and renovated in 1907	[6]
Laidi Palace	Laidi parish	Kuldīga municipality	Early 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Laidi Primary School
Lamiņi Manor	Pūre parish	Tukums municipality	Between 1855 and 1856	Preserved	It houses the Dzirciems boarding school
	Laža parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1871	Preserved	It houses the Laža boarding school
	Tadaiķi parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	2nd half of the 18th century	Preserved	Currently it is being sold
	Vaiņode parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	17th century	Preserved	Private property
	Durbe parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1825	Preserved
Nogale Manor	Ārlava parish	Talsi municipality	Built around 1880	Preserved	Built by architect T. Seiler	[7]
Nīca manor	Nīca parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	18th century?	Original look has been lost, but it is technically preserved.	It houses the social home "Ārītes"
Padure Manor	Padure parish	Kuldīga municipality	Late 1830s to early 1840s	Preserved, but on sale	It housed the Padure's library until 2005	[8]
Pastende Manor	Ģibuļi parish	Talsi municipality	Built in 1700	Preserved	It houses the Pastende primary school
Pelči Palace	Pelči parish	Kuldīga municipality	Built in 1903–1904	Preserved	One of the early Latvian manors	[9]
Pope Palace	Pope parish	Ventspils municipality	Originally built in 1653	Preserved	It houses the Pope primary school
	Priekule parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	18th century	Preserved	It houses a highschool
	Virga parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1st mentioned in 1357	Preserved	Houses the Mežupe Primary School (children with special needs study here)
	Dunalka parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1834	Preserved	Houses the Rāva school
Reģi Manor	Reģi	Alsunga municipality	Built in 1890	Partially preserved	It had a fire in 2007
Rudbarži Palace	Rudbārži parish	Skrunda municipality	Built in 1835	Preserved	It houses the Oskars Kalpaks Rudbārži School
Sasmaka Manor	Valdgale parish	Talsi municipality	Built in 1886	Preserved		[10]
Snēpele Palace	Snēpele parish	Kuldīga municipality	In the 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Snēpele Primary School	[11]
	Laža parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	19th century	Preserved
Stende Manor	Lībagi parish	Talsi municipality	Between 1820 and 1848	Preserved	Converted into apartments after 1925	[12]
	Saka parish	South Kurzeme Municipality		Preserved	Private property
	Gavieze parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	19th century	Ruins	Destroyed in 1943
	Medze parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	1734	Preserved	Open to tours
Tāšu-Padure Manor	Kalvene parish	Aizpute municipality	Early 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Kalvene elementary school	[13]
Tiņģere Manor	Īve parish	Talsi municipality	Built in 1805	Preserved	It houses the Tiņģere elementary school
Vaiņode Manor	Vaiņode parish	Vaiņode municipality	Built in 1912	Ruins	Destroyed during Second World War
Vandzene Manor	Vandzene parish	Talsi municipality	Beginning of the 1800s	Preserved	It houses the Vandzene secondary school
Vārme Manor	Vārme parish	Kuldīga municipality	Built in the 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Vārme primary school
Vērgale Palace	Vērgale parish	Pāvilosta municipality	Built in the 18th century	Preserved	It currently houses the Vērgale school	[14]
Zentene Palace	Zentene parish	Tukums municipality	Between 1845 and 1850	Preserved	It housed the Zentene School from 1938	[15]
	Virga parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	After 1583	Preserved	It has a statue of Swedish king Charles XII
	Vērgale parish	South Kurzeme Municipality	19th century	Preserved	It's now a hotel

Semigallia[]

Rundale Palace

Name	Parish	Municipality	Established	Status	Notes	Refs
Aizupe Manor	Vāne parish	Kandava municipality	Completed in 1823	Partially preserved	From 1939 to 1985 it housed a forestry school	[16]
Baldone Manor	Baldone	Baldone municipality	Built in 1901	Preserved
Bēne Manor	Bēne parish	Auce municipality	End of the 16th century	Preserved	Rebuilt between 1876 and 1878	[17]
Biksti Manor	Biksti parish	Dobele municipality	In the 19th century	Preserved	It houses the Biksti Elementary School	[18]
Blankenfelde Manor	Vilce parish	Jelgava municipality	1743	Preserved	Under renovation	[19]
Bornsminde Manor	Rundāle parish	Rundāle municipality	1763	Preserved	It formerly housed a gardening school	[20]
Bramberģe Manor	Glūda parish	Jelgava municipality	Built in the 17th century	Preserved	Abandoned	[21]
Brukna Manor	Dāviņi parish	Bauska municipality	Built in the 18th century	Preserved	Rebuilt in the 19th century	[22]
Durbe Palace	Tukums	Tukums municipality	1671	Preserved	It currently houses the Tukuma Museum	[23]
Dzimtmisa Manor	Dzimtmisa	Iecava Municipality	19th century	Preserved	It currently houses the Dzimtmisa School	[24]
Jaunmokas Manor	Tume parish	Tukums municipality	Rebuilt in 1901	Preserved	First mentioned in 1536	[25]
Jelgava Palace	Jelgava	Jelgava municipality	1738–1772	Preserved	Largest Baroque style palace in the Baltic states	[26]
Kaucminde Manor	Rundāle parish	Rundāle municipality	Completed around 1780	Preserved	Designed by architect Severin Jensen	[27]
Lielauce Manor	Lielauce parish	Auce municipality	In the 19th century	Preserved	Restored from 1901	[28]
Mencendarbe Manor	Baldone	Baldone municipality	After 1786	Preserved		[29]
Mežotne Palace	Mežotne parish	Bauska municipality	1798–1802	Preserved	Reconstructed in 2001, used as a hotel	[30]
Mežmuiža Manor	Augstkalne parish	Tērvete municipality	Around 1850	Preserved	It houses the Augstkalne Secondary School	[31]
Remte Manor	Remte parish	Brocēni municipality	Built in 1800	Preserved	It houses the Remte Primary School	[32]
Reņģe Manor	Ruba parish	Saldus municipality	1881–1882	Preserved	It houses the Ruba Primary School	[33]
Rundāle Palace	Rundāle parish	Rundāle municipality	Built in the 1730s	Preserved	Completed in 1768	[34]
Skaistkalne Manor	Skaistkalne parish	Vecumnieki municipality	1893–1894	Preserved	It houses the Skaistkalne secondary school	[35]
Svēte Manor	Svēte parish	Jelgava municipality	Built around 1730	Preserved	Extensively remodeled from 1774 to 1775	[36]
Svitene Manor	Svitene parish	Rundāle municipality	Beginning of the 1800s	Preserved	It houses the Svitene Primary School	[37]
Šķēde Manor	Šķēde parish	Saldus municipality	Completed in 1761	Preserved	Private property	[38]
Vadakste Manor	Vadakste parish	Saldus municipality	Between 1911 and 1914	Preserved	It houses the Vadakste Primary School	[39]
Valdeķi Manor	Kandava parish	Kandava municipality	Built in 1882	Preserved	It currently houses a museum	[40]
Vāne Manor	Vāne parish	Kandava municipality	Built in 1870	Preserved	It houses the Vāne primary school.	[41]
Vecauce Manor	Auce rural area	Auce municipality	Between 1839 and 1843	Preserved	Designed by Friedrich August Stüler	[42]
Zaļenieki Manor	Zaļenieki parish	Jelgava municipality	Built between 1768 and 1775	Preserved	It houses the Zaļenieki Vocational School	[43][44]
Zante Manor	Zante parish	Kandava municipality	Before 1850	Preserved	It houses the Zante primary school
Zasa Manor	Zasa parish	Jēkabpils municipality		Ruins
Zemīte Manor	Zemīte parish	Kandava municipality	Built in the 19th century	Preserved	It currently houses a school	[45]

Selonia[]

Vecsaliena (Červonka) manor

Name	Parish	Municipality	Established	Status	Notes	Refs
Asare Manor	Asare parish	Aknīste municipality	Built in 1749	Ruins	Burned down in January 1926	[46][47]
Bebrene Manor	Bebrene parish	Ilūkste municipality	Building completed in 1896	Preserved	It houses the Bebrene secondary school	[48]
Ērberģe Manor	Mazzalve parish	Nereta municipality	18th century	Preserved	It currently houses the Mazzalve School	[49]
Gārsene Manor	Gārsene parish	Aknīste municipality	Built around 1856	Preserved	It currently houses the Budberg museum	[50]
Ilga Manor	Skrudaliena parish	Daugavpils municipality	19th century	Preserved	Renovation completed in 2012	[51]
Jaunsvente Manor	Svente parish	Daugavpils municipality	Completed in 1912	Preserved	Under restoration work since 2002	[52]
Lielmēmele Manor	Mazzalve parish	Nereta municipality	After 1850	Preserved	Former manor built in 1801	[53][54]
Lielzalve Manor	Zalve parish	Nereta municipality	Built in the 19th century	Preserved	Lielzalve School was closed in 2009	[55]
Šēnheida Manor	Skrudaliena parish	Daugavpils municipality	1870	Preserved	The estate remained divided between 1922 and 1939	[56]
Vecmēmele Manor	Mazzalve parish	Nereta municipality	Built after 1825	Preserved	Italian Neo-Renaissance style	[57]
Vecsaliena Manor	Vecsaliena parish	Daugavpils municipality	1870	Preserved	Construction in Neo-Gothic style	[58]
Vecborne Manor	Kaplava parish	Krāslava municipality	1880s	Preserved

Vidzeme[]

Bīriņi palace

Name	Parish	Municipality	Established	Status	Notes	Refs
Aumeisteri Manor	Grundzāle parish	Smiltene municipality	1793	Preserved		[59]
Beļava Manor	Beļava parish	Gulbene municipality	Around 1760	Preserved		[60]
Biksēre Manor	Sarkaņi parish	Madona municipality		Preserved
Bīriņi Palace	Vidriži parish	Limbaži municipality	Built between 1857 and 1860	Preserved	Rebuilt in the beginning of the 20th century	[61]
Cesvaine Palace	Cesvaine	Cesvaine municipality	Built in 1896	Preserved	Architects Hans Grisebach and August Dinklage	[62][63]
Cirsti Manor	Ineši parish	Vecpiebalga municipality	1886	Preserved	Renovated in 2000	[64]
Dikļi Manor	Dikļi parish	Kocēni municipality	1896	Preserved	Restored and privately owned since 2000	[65]
Dole Manor	Salaspils parish	Salaspils municipality	1898	Preserved	It currently houses the Daugava River Museum	[66]
Drabeši Manor	Drabeši parish	Amata municipality		Preserved
Dzelzava Manor	Dzelzava parish	Madona municipality	1767	Preserved		[60]
Dzērbene Manor	Dzērbene parish	Vecpiebalga municipality	Built in 18th century	Preserved
Gaujiena Palace	Gaujiena parish	Ape municipality		Preserved
Igate Manor	Vidriži parish	Limbaži municipality	Around 1880	Preserved	It is currently a hotel	[67]
Jaungulbene Manor	Jaungulbene parish	Gulbene municipality	Completed in 1878	Preserved
Jumurda Manor	Jumurda parish	Ērgļi municipality		Preserved
Katvari Manor	Katvari parish	Limbaži municipality		Preserved
Kokmuiža Manor	Kocēni parish	Kocēni municipality		Preserved
Liepa Manor	Liepa parish	Priekuļi municipality	During 19th century	Preserved
Lubeja Manor	Liezēre Parish	Madona Municipality		Preserved
Litene Manor	Litene parish	Gulbene municipality	Built before 1850	Preserved	It houses the Litene Elementary School
Lizums Manor	Lizums parish	Gulbene municipality	Around 1850	Preserved	It houses the Lizums Secondary School	[68]
Mālpils Manor	Mālpils	Mālpils municipality	Restructured after 1750	Preserved	The building was rebuilt from 1905	[69][70]
Mazsalaca Manor	Mazsalaca	Mazsalaca municipality	Built before 1780	Preserved	It now houses the Mazsalaca School	[71]
Mūrmuiža Manor	Kauguri parish	Beverīna municipality		Preserved
Naukšēni Manor		Naukšēni municipality	End of the 18th century	Preserved	It houses the Naukšēni People Museum	[72]
Odziena Manor	Vietalva parish	Pļaviņas municipality	Around 1850	Partly ruined		[73]
Ozolmuiža Manor	Brīvzemnieki parish	Aloja municipality	End of the 18th century	Preserved	It houses the Ozolmuiža Elementary School	[74]
Palsmane Manor	Palsmane parish	Smiltene municipality	Built in 1880	Preserved
Puikule Manor	Brīvzemnieki parish	Aloja municipality	1870s	Preserved	It houses the Puikule Primary School.	[75]
Sēja Manor (Zögenhof)	Sēja parish	Sēja municipality	Built in 1766 Renovated from 1883 to 1885	Ruins		[76]
Sērmūkši Manor (Schloss Sermus)	Skujene parish	Amata municipality		Destroyed by fire in 1905	Sērmūkši School built on former site in 1936	[77]
[lv] (Römershof)	Skrīveri Parish	Skrīveri municipality	Built from 1881 to 1887	Destroyed in 1915 during the World War I.		[circular reference]
Stāmeriena Palace (Schloss Stomersee)	Stāmeriena parish	Gulbene municipality	Built from 1835 to 1843	Preserved		[78][79]
Stukmaņi Manor	Klintaine parish	Pļaviņas municipality		Preserved
Suntaži Manor	Suntaži parish	Ogre municipality	End of the 18th century	Preserved	Renovated in 1909	[80]
Taurupe Manor	Taurupe parish	Ogre municipality	After 1724	Preserved	Converted into a school in 1938	[81]
Trapene Manor	Trapene parish	Ape municipality	Beginning of the 1800s	Preserved
Ungurmuiža Manor	Raiskums parish	Pārgauja municipality	1732	Preserved		[60]
Vecbebri Manor	Bebri parish	Koknese municipality		Preserved
Vecgulbene Manor (Alt Schwanenburg)	Gulbene	Gulbene municipality	1763	Preserved	It now houses a Spa Hotel	[82]
Veselava Manor	Veselava parish	Priekuļi municipality	Built in the 19th century	Preserved
Vestiena Manor	Vestiena parish	Madona municipality	Built around 1750	Preserved	It houses the Vestiena Elementary School
Ziemeri Manor	Ziemeri parish	Alūksne municipality		Preserved
Zvārtava Manor	Gaujiena parish	Ape municipality		Preserved

Latgale[]

Varakļāni palace

Name	Parish	Municipality	Established	Status	Notes	Refs
Adamova Manor	Vērēmi parish	Rēzekne municipality	1851	Preserved		[83]
Arendole Manor	Rožkalni parish	Vārkava municipality		Preserved
Eversmuiža Manor	Cibla parish	Cibla municipality		Preserved
Felicianova Manor	Cibla Parish	Cibla Municipality	Beginning of the 1900s	Preserved
Jasmuiža Manor	Aizkalne parish	Preiļi municipality	Built between 1883 and 1891	Preserved	The manor currently houses a museum	[84]
Juzefinova Manor	Pelēči parish	Preiļi municipality	Built between 1860 and 1863	Preserved	It housed a primary school from 1922 to 2003	[85]
Kameņeca Manor	Aglona parish	Aglona municipality		Preserved
Krāslava New Palace	Krāslava	Krāslava municipality	Completed in 1791	Preserved
Krāslava Old Palace	Krāslava	Krāslava municipality	Built in 1759	Abandoned and ruined		[86]
Lūznava Manor	Lūznava parish	Rēzekne municipality	Built between 1905 and 1911	Preserved
Malnava Manor	Malnava parish	Kārsava municipality	Built in the 19th century	Preserved	The first building dates of 1784	[87]
Pasiene Manor	Pasiene parish	Zilupe municipality	Built in the 17th century	Preserved	Privatised in need of renovation	[88]
Preiļi Palace	Preiļi	Preiļi municipality	Built in the 19th century	Partially preserved	Reconstructed between 1860 and 1865	[89]
Rikava Manor	Rikava parish	Rēzekne municipality	Built in 1870	Preserved	It currently houses the Rikava School	[90]
Salnava Manor	Salnava parish	Kārsava municipality	Built in 1785	Preserved	It currently houses the Salnava Elementary School	[91]
Varakļāni Palace	Varakļāni	Varakļāni municipality	Built between 1783 and 1789	Preserved	Varakļāni Regional Museum	[92]
Vārkava Manor	Upmala Parish	Vārkava municipality	In the 19th century	Preserved	A new stone manor was built in 1865	[93]

See also[]

• List of castles in Latvia
• List of castles
• List of castles in Estonia
• List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia
• List of castles in Lithuania

References[]

Sources[]

• Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.
• Kurland Property Records