Discover Lohu: Manor, Park and Jaanilinn

Lohu invites you to explore history and landscape from different perspectives. Lohu Manor, its protected park and Lohu Jaanilinn offer different focal points for planning your trip. Those interested in architecture will find distinctive details and a long history of development at the manor. Those who would like to combine their stay more closely with nature and a break outdoors can consider the park and the picnic area at Lohu Jaanilinn. This combination makes Lohu a destination for travellers looking for more than just a single historical site.

Lohu Manor and Its Unusual Details

The main building of Lohu Manor forms part of the manor’s protected architectural ensemble. The manor was established around 1620 next to a mill. One distinctive feature of the complex is the orientation of the main building: its rear façade faces the road. For travel planning focused on architecture, this unusual layout provides a concrete point of reference that can serve as a guide during preparation.

The main building was completed by 1791. In the hall, Gottlieb Welté painted wall paintings across an area of 27.6 m². The history of the manor also includes its technical connection with the mill: the mill’s own power station supplied electricity to Lohu Manor. This creates three different focal points for exploring Lohu: architectural design, artistic decoration and the former electricity supply. If you enjoy examining individual details more closely while on holiday, this information provides several possible areas of focus for your preparation.

Park, Hill and River

The protected park of Lohu Manor is located in the villages of Loone and Lohu. Another historical point of reference is Lohu Jaanilinn, which is also known as Loone linnamägi and Loone linnus. The site was built at the end of prehistory on a natural hill. The Keila River protected Lohu Jaanilinn on three sides. This means that the site combines a natural terrain feature with an explicitly documented connection to the river.

For current orientation at Lohu Jaanilinn, a new bridge and an information board were completed in 2022. There is also a picnic area there today. You can include this area in your plans as a possible place to rest without limiting your stay to a single theme. This allows families with different interests to decide whether they would like to give greater emphasis to the historical character, the landscape or a more relaxed break.

The Right Accommodation for Your Travel Plans

When looking for a holiday apartment or holiday house in Lohu, it is worth first deciding what kind of experience you want from your days there. If the trip is to focus mainly on manor history and architecture, you can use the main building’s distinctive features and the wall paintings as the starting point for your preparation. If you would like to combine history with the landscape, the protected park, the natural hill of Lohu Jaanilinn and the Keila River are among the topics you can include in your selection.

The picnic area at Lohu Jaanilinn can provide a place for an outdoor break, while Lohu Manor, with its unusual orientation, its foundation around 1620 and its later decoration, creates a cultural focal point. This allows you to align your choice of holiday apartment with your own daily rhythm and the interests of your travel group, without assuming any additional features of the accommodation.

Further Places for Your Travel Plans

If you would like to consider destinations besides Lohu, you can also include Urge and Kohila in your research. Then compare the places according to the focus you want to give your trip and the historical or landscape-related topics that interest you most.

To the overarching travel overview: Kohila.