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The Exhibition “Fishing and Fishing
Tools in the Rivers and Lakes of the
Turaida Estate”
The exhibition in the upper part of the fish cellar
features various cages used to trap lampreys and
crawfish. They were made of wicker, twigs or flax.
On display are older and newer fishing tools of a wide
variety. Some were confiscated from illegal fishermen.
The House for Estate Servants
This building was erected in the early 19th century,
initially as a one-floor building made of fieldstones.
A second floor was added in 1858. Living in the
building were the stable master, clerk, seamstress,
livestock supervisor pond supervisor and, after 1905, a
man who maintained order on the estate.
During the 1920s, the building was owned by the
Ābeļkalni farm, which was owned by Emīls Zolmanis.
He was Latvia’s agricultural attaché in England,
France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Latvian Presi-
dent Kārlis Ulmanis visited the house once and was
godfather to one of Zolmanis’ daughters. A post office
and flats were in the building during the Soviet era.
The facade of the building was restored by the museum
reserve in 1998. Today the building houses the Krimulda
Administrative District library and a group of flats.
The House for Indentured Servants
On the right side of the Turaida-Inciems road are the
ruins of the house where the indentured servants of
the Turaida Estate once lived. All that is left are the
foundations and a bit of the northern wall, which was
made of clay mixed up with heather.
Estates were large farms and could not survive without
the help of indentured servants. The estate employed
between 70 and 80 of them each year from the spring
until the autumn – two or three people from each farm.
They arrived at work around noon on Monday and
went home around noon on Saturday.
The servants’ house
Studying the foundations of the house for indentured
servants, 2002
An informational stand about the house for indentured
servants
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THE TURAIDA ESTATE