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Vecauce Castle

Vecauce Castle

Akadēmijas Street 11, LV-3708
Person of contact: Inese Kaminska, Vecauces pils pārvaldniece
+371 63745302 
+371 29195959 
vecaucespils@gmail.com

The manor-house that was built for count Carl Von Medem is one of the first English Neo-Gothic Style castles in region and supposedly is built after the project of architect F.A. Steler in 1843. The initial interior decorative finish was formed accordingly to the actual style with oaken carved wainscots, ceiling decorations, wood-carvings, stuck mouldings, artificial marble finishes et c. At the time of revolution of 1905 there was a fire and the castle burned out and lost the original interior finish. Later it was renovated, but not in such splendid luxury as it was in its “golden years” in the end of the 19th century and for the present day can be seen in more unpretentious sight. Last renovation works in the castle were done in the period from 1988 to 1993. Of household buildings there have preserved 19th century granary, buttery and gardener’s house. There also is a park with ponds at the manor house.
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Vecauce Manor (Latvian: Vecauces muižas pils, German: Schloss Alt-Autz), also known as Auce Manor, is a manor house near the town of Auce in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia originally designed by Friedrich August Stüler for Count Johan Fridrih fon Medem and constructed between 1839 and 1843. Since 1920, the building has been used for education purposes and is currently run by the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.

 

Vecauce Castle
 Architectural style     Neo-Gothic
 Town or city  Auce municipality
 Country  Latvia
 Construction started  1841
 Completed  1845
 Client  Count Karl von Medem
 Architect  Friedrich August Stüler

 

History
Vecauce Manor was designed by Friedrich August Stüler for Count Johan Fridrih fon Medem, the construction began in 1839 and was completed in 1843. When the manor was built, Count Johan Fridrih fon Medem owen approximately 400 ha of arable land and few other manors in Zemgale.

During the Revolution of 1905, the manor was burned down. The Von Medem family restored the manor in 1907, but the interior was simplified and lost most of decorations. After the Latvian Agrarian reforms in 1920s, the manor was nationalized and became property of the University of Latvia. The manor was used as a place of practice for students of agriculture. During the Second World war, the manor was heavily damaged by Soviet and German military. After the war, the manor was taken over by Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, who reconstructed the building. The manor lost most of the remaining interior as the rooms were replanned and adapted for educational purposes. Since 1956, all students of agronomy and zootechnics from Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies have studied their practical courses in Vecauce Manor. The university still owns the manor, and today it houses the study and research farm Vecauce.

LLU Vecauce
LLU Vecauce works in multiple economic production sectors–animal husbandry, crop production, biogas production, fruit production, logging, woodworking, joinery, provision of services to the public (transport services, rental of premises for banquets and seminars, etc., catering services, utilities).

In 2007, "LLU Vecauce" expanded its farmed area to 2002 ha, of which 1772 ha where arable land which is used both used for planting cereal crops and corn for silage. The same year, a new sophisticated cattle farm was constructed, capable of holding 500 animals, the new farm is equipped with Swedish milking robots DeLaval. The total amount of animals on the farm is around 1000 of which 500 are dairy cows and the rest are beef cows.
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