Renavas Manor

Renavas Manor
General information
Architectural style Historicism
Town or city Renavas
Country Lithuania
Construction started 1826
Completed 1833
Client Rönne

Renavas manor is a former residential manor in Renavas village, Lithuania on the bank of Varduva river.[1] Currently it is a museum. In the manor's park grows the thickest fir in Lithuania. The manor is valued for its original interior. Renavas Manor is one of the main tourist attractions in Mažeikiai District Municipality.[2]

History

The estate was first mentioned on 26 December 1589 as Gaurai manor in the inventory of Luoba's and Gaureliai's manors. It was stated in the inventory that the estate was leased to Burba brothers.

At the end of the 17th century the estate was purchased by French-born German family Rönne from Bremen. In 1753 the manor became central residence of the family. Current manor was built in 1833 by baron Anthony Rönne. It was reconstructed in 1877.

Since 1868 until 1871, on the initiative of baron Anthony Rönne who took care of a widow Victoria Narutowicz, Lithuanian teacher Laurynas Ivinskis tutored two future politicians of Lithuania and Poland: Stanisław Narutowicz (one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania) and Gabriel Narutowicz (first President of Poland).

In 1895 the estate was inherited by count Felix Melzinski. In the beginning of the 20th century he changed the interior of the palace.

Melzinski's widow and her daughter Maria Janušova Zdiechovska were the last owners of Renavas manor. In 1940 the estate was nationalised by the Soviet government. After the Second World War the manor housed the administration of kolkhoz, library and cultural house. For the first time in 1985 the manor was renovated.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Renavo dvarą garsina išskirtinis rūmų interjeras, biblioteka, ir dermė su kraštovaizdžiu". Kpd.lt. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Renavas Manor and its park mazeikiutvic.lt
  3. ↑ Istorija renavodvaras.lt

Coordinates: 56°13′40″N 22°3′25″E / 56.22778°N 22.05694°E / 56.22778; 22.05694


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