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Baron's Office

His generals uniform and 1864 map of Palmse
Lahemaa Nationl Park-Part Two-Palmse Manor

February 14th 2009
(Excerpted from my book Our Summer In Estonia, Amazon.com) The first mention of the location Palmse dates to 1287 when it was mentioned in connection to properties belonging to Tallinn's St. Michael's Nunnery. The Cistercian monks traded their rights to the land to a Swedish family in 1510, and through marriage it devolved to the von der Phalen family in 1676. Palmse would remain in the Phalen ... read more
Europe » Estonia

Estonian Flag After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more
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