Keila-Joa

Keila - Joa is a village ( alevik ) in the Estonian Harju County. It belongs to the municipality Keila. Keila - Joa has 378 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2004). Through the village of Keila River, which flows 1.7 km further into the Baltic Sea flows.

Manor of Keila - Joa

As early as 1555 a water mill in Keila Joa - mentioned. A first manor house was probably built in the 17th century.

Today's mansion of Keila - Joa (Estonian Keila - Joa mõis, German lock case ) was the first building of historicism in Estonia. It was built in 1830 by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider from Saint Petersburg in neo-Gothic style. The manor house is surrounded by one of the most beautiful parks in Estonia. It is 80.2 acres in size. In him the famous waterfall of Keila - Joa ( Keila juga ) is embedded (6.1 m high and 70 m wide).

The mansion was originally owned by the Earl Alexander of Benckendorff family, from 1856 through marriage owned by the Wolkonski family. Sergei Mikhailovich Wolkonski was born here. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, it served as the headquarters of the Red Army, which could go to it completely. From this period are still soldiers Lodging in the outbuildings and in the village itself come

Today, the mansion is empty and the park wild visibly. However, the village is a popular destination for the residents of Tallinn. Riverside numerous wedding ceremonies take place. On the resort there is also the grave of Alexander Benckendorffs.