Šķēde Manor

Šķēde Manor (Latvian: Šķēdes muižas pils, German: Scheden) is a manor house in Šķēde Parish, Saldus Municipality in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia.

History
The manor was first mentioned in 1461, when the master of the order Johann Osthoff von Mengede granted Johann Loewe and his heirs a plot called the Schedule. In 1501 the Master of the Livonian Order Wolter von Plettenberg gave it to Merten von den Brinken, whose family has owned it for 200 years. In 1729, H.H. von den Brinken's widow Margaret Veronica sells it to her son Gideon Heinrich von Zass. The Scheden Manor was built in the 18th century. A barns has been built on both sides of the parade courtyard, at the end of which the one-story masonry house was standing. Behind the road was a farm yard with stables, barns, outbuildings and a mill pond. The manor house was completed in 1761. The 2nd floor was built in the early 19th century. At the end of the 19th century a new entrance and a corner tower were built, as well as an extension. In 1883 the owner was George von Zass. The manor remains owned by the von Zass family until 1921. In 1921 the manor was taken over by the Kuldīga County Board and its center was leased to private persons. From 1925 to 1927, the palace housed the first-grade primary school and later became privately owned. The owner of the building from 1928 to 1940 was Janis Laudams, inspector of Kuldiga County Folk High Schools. Manor house was used as a German army hospital during World War II. After World War II, the building housed the board of the Soviet farm "Viesturi", from 1946 to 1991 the Viesturi village library, now privately owned by SIA "Neibergs un partneri"
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Architectonic centre of Skede Manor complex has developed at the side of the Skede River in the 18th century. The Granary and Cowshed are built at the both sides of the yard, but the Manor house is situated at the end of the representative front yard that is situated afore the household part of the complex. Stables, another Granary and Barn as well as other buildings were built at the sides of the Household yard. Old watermill is located at the Millpond. In the early 19th century manor house was rebuilt - the second storey was added and side wings were enlarged, in the middle of the roof the observing tower and terrace to the garde were built. In the mid-19th century manor house was rebuilt and modernised again. Facade got its present Neo-Gothic shapes with central risalite, tower on the corner and new 2-storey outbuilding.
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