www.aviastar.org travel estonia ungru.html According to rumours, ... count Ewald Adam Gustav Paul Constantin von Ungern Sternberg had visited the renaissance style castle of Merseburg in Germany..., where he fell in love with the daughter of the castlea s owner. When he proposed to her, the young lady claimed to be so fond of her fathera s castle that she promised to stay there for the rest of her life. After that the count in love had promised to build exactly the same castle. Having received a promise from the lady to marry him as soon as the castle is ready, the man hurried back home, where in 1893 the construction begun. In a couple of years the frame of the house and the roof were ready. Interior works took some longer time and they were almost completed when a message arrived informing about the death of the beloved lady. The count himself fell ill in 1908 during a trip to St.Petersburg where he died as well. According to his wish he was brought back to Haapsalu by train and then carried into the manor, where he spent, though already dead, his only night. 23882161 N03 has added 20100607 Ungru castle ruins at 2010 06 07 13 35 03 and tagged as castle ruins
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