mõisa
Mõis is the Estonian term for a manor estate, the rural center of landholding and administration in historical Estonia. The word is derived from the German Meierhof, reflecting the Baltic German nobility who owned estates in the region from the Middle Ages onward and administered large agricultural lands.
Typically a mõis comprised the manor house, outbuildings, a park or grove, and surrounding farmland worked by
Architecturally, manor houses range from wooden Baroque to neoclassical stone mansions, often accompanied by landscaped parks.
Today mõis is used to refer to historic estates and their buildings as cultural monuments. Notable examples