The 6 Best Historic Sites in Jogeva County, Jogeva County

The magnificent Neo-Renaissance style manor with a white main building was built during the time of G. J. Mannteuffel in 1860. In 1918 Julius Kuperjanov established a partisan battalion in Puurmani castle. At present the castle houses Puurmani Upper Secondary School. Puurmani castle has also been included in the programme of the summer tour Forgotten Manors.

The Kassinurme ancient area was established 7000 years ago and the fort 2000 years ago. The sacred grove was discovered when the settlement was established and it is one of the oldest sacred places in Estonia. A fragment of the ancient fort has been restored. At present the sacred grove is the favourite place for history enthusiasts who organise ancient war games there, revive old folk customs and celebrate folk calendar holidays. The health trail lets visitors see the varied nature of the region and enjoy beautiful surface forms.

Construction of the Laiuse fortress was launched by the Livonian Order in the late 14th century to defend its eastern borders. The first defensive structure in Estonia to be fitted with firearms, it gained its definitive appearance in the late Middle Ages. Cannon towers were added to the fortress in the mid-15th century. The fortress crumbled in 1559 but was restored, with wooden barracks built at the end of the Swedish era, which accommodated Karl XII and his entourage from 1700–1701. After the Great Northern War the fortress lay in ruins. Did you know...? - The fortress ruins are today the site of historical snow battles in winter and more peaceful events in summer.

Pajusi manor was constructed in the 17th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries it belonged to the von Fock and the von Wahl families. Its long, stone main building in Classicist style is thought to have been erected in the early 19th century. It was one-storey; only the central section was adorned with a small upper floor, which bears a distinct decorative window. In addition to the main building, the manor as a whole includes a number of other buildings and a large park.Did you know...?*Remaining of the main building of the manor are its central part and right-hand wing, which is home to Pajusi Community Centre

The Aidu Altar of Victory is a memorial to the War of Independence.One of the most important battles of the War of Independence was held near the Aidu village in 1919. A memorial was opened on June 23, 1929, which was reopened 60 years later. This also marks the spot how far a soldier of the Red Army managed to invade.

Voisiku manor was first mentioned in 1558. It was one of the biggest manors in Livonia in the 18th and 19th centuries, stretching from Poltsamaa to Lake Vortsjarv. There were 52 buildings on the manor originally, some of which we can still see today, and a further 67 in outlying parts of the manor and its mirror factory. Lord of the manor Timotheus Eberhard von Bock, who drew up Russia's first constitution for Emperor Alexander I and was sent to the Schlusselburg fortress for 9 years for doing so, is the central character in Estonian author Jaan Kross' novel "The Emperor's Madman".Did you know...?*Today the main building houses Voisiku Nursing Home and can only be viewed from the exterior