Mon Repos (Vyborg)

Monrepos (Russian Монрепо / Monrepo, from French Mon repos; My resting place ) is north of the center Wyborgs situated in Russia Landscape Park near the Finnish border. The manor house dates from the early 19th century and was from 1788 until the Second World War, the barons of Nicolay.

Geography

The park in the north of Vyborg comprises approximately 180 hectares and is located in a forest south of a tributary of the Vyborg Bay. The terrain is dominated by Precambrian Wiborgit, which was named after Vyborg and is a variety of natural stone as well known Rapakiwi - granite, and from thence overlying glacial formations. There is a rich flora and fauna of the park.

History

Before the family Nicolay, the governor of Vyborg the owner, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Prince of Württemberg, who later became King Frederick I of Württemberg was. He is also attributed to the naming of the estate. In 1788 he sold Monrepos to Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay, secretary of the young Paul I.. 's Family Nicolay designed the park after a plan by JA Martinelli and own ideas to. Here, many artists and famous architects such as Auguste de Mont Ferrand or Pietro Gonzago worked.

The mansion is the only remaining built wooden classic buildings throughout the St. Petersburg region today. Is comparable Stiftsgården, which also built wooden residence of the Norwegian Royal Family in Trondheim. Monrepos has suffered during the Second World War a lot and is constantly being restored. The library, collections, works of art and manuscripts are now through donations and purchase largely owned by the University and the Museum Office Helsinki.

After Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl had begun in 1797, the government in Württemberg, he had since 1801 a non consummate castle on Eglosheimer lake at Ludwigsburg rebuild after the example of his former Finnish castle. Instead of the baroque garden, an English landscape park was created that uniquely Monrepos has in Vyborg as a model. After the completion of the property gave him the Elector of Württemberg nunmehrige also the same name: Sea Castle Monrepos.