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If buildings could tell their own stories, the Vanadzi\u0146a House at 15 C\u0113sis R\u012bgas iela would certainly be one of the greatest storytellers, with more than three hundred years of history.
\nThis place has always been special – from an undeveloped plot of land with well-preserved walls of an old building to a magnificent structure that has become one of C\u0113sis’ architectural gems.
\nIn 1693 this plot of land belonged to Klaus Paulson, who mortgaged it to Major Lode. However, the real history of the building dates back to 1788, when the property was purchased by the Town Lord of Cesis, Johann Gottlieb Fritsch. Mr Fritsch was an ambitious thinker – in 1798 he decided to build a new house, probably demolishing the previous building. This construction process is even evidenced by a dispute recorded in the minutes of the town hall court between the master carpenter Johann Schmidt and the works manager Johann Michelson over an unpaid sum of 50 dalers – it seems that disputes over construction are as old as construction itself! <\/p>\n

After Fritz’s death in 1822, the estate was inherited by his widow Margaretha Elisabeth, who sold it to Dr Georg von Meijer for 2000 silver roubles. Meijer was a remarkable personality – he founded a cold-water healing institution on the grounds of the Cesis Castle and lived an impressively long life of 90 years and 5 months, a truly rare achievement in the 19th century. Does this testify to the effectiveness of his own healing methods? Perhaps! <\/p>\n

From 1880 the estate was taken over by Heinrich Meijer – Georg’s son, an educated man who held various positions in Cesis and the district. The house he owned was one of the few in C\u0113sis without debts – a careful landlord who even specified in his will that the funeral should be held \u201cwithout any fuss or pomp\u201d.
\nIn 1923, the house became the property of the doctor K\u0101rlis Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 – to whom the historical name is also due. He bought the property from the pastor Ernest Martins Brucers, who inherited it from his brother K\u0101rlis. The purchase was concluded for 250 000 Latvian roubles or 5 000 lats – a considerable sum in the economic conditions of the time. Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 was not only a doctor, but also the mayor of Cesis from 1922 to 1933 and a holder of the Order of the Three Stars. <\/p>\n

In order to carry out the necessary renovations, Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 borrowed 4000 lats from the Latvian Mortgage Bank for 12 years, mortgaging his property. Interestingly, he was able to repay the loan in full by February 1930. In this house he set up his private practice, as well as the X-ray and physiotherapy offices of the town of Cesis. A few years later, he borrowed another LVL 10 000 from Eduard Karl Harald Schubert, probably to make further improvements to the building. <\/p>\n

The building went through various twists and turns in its history – it was nationalised in 1940, but ownership was restored in May 1943. At the end of World War II, K\u0101rlis Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 emigrated to Sweden, but for a long time the people of C\u0113sis still called the building “Vanadzi\u0146\u0161’ House”. After the war, it housed the C\u0113sis Health Department. <\/p>\n

After Latvia regained its independence, the building changed hands several times and was not properly managed as a result of unsuccessful privatisation. Unfortunately, the building had to be demolished, leaving only a half-collapsed foundation and, as a symbol of its former glory, a set of steps leading down to Riga Street. <\/p>\n

But the story does not end with sadness – in 2016, three entrepreneurs decided to renovate the building into a restaurant and hotel. But that’s another story – the story of the rebirth of Vanadzinis House. <\/p>\n

The materials used for the description are:
\n<\/em>Dace Cepur\u012bte, Mg. hist., Research \u201cC\u0113snieks un jego nams<\/a>\u201d
\nCollections of the Cesis Castle Museum and the Central Library
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The facade of the house was once decorated with a row of Ionic pilasters, while the window surrounds were adorned with pilasters with canellations, making it a monument of 18th-century wooden architecture.<\/p>\n

In his will, Dr Georg von Meier, who lived in the house, stipulated that his funeral should be held \u201cwithout any fuss or pomp, in the morning from my house, in a plain black coffin and not earlier than 7 days after my death\u201d.<\/p>\n

The only encumbrance on the property for a long time was a constant payment to the Lutheran town pastor – 2 roubles and 87 kopecks.<\/p>\n

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  • 1693: The land is owned by Klaus Paulson, who mortgages it to Major Lode.<\/li>\n
  • 1788: The wooden dwelling house is legally assigned to the lord of Cesis, Johann Gottlieb Fri\u010ds.<\/li>\n
  • 1798: J.G. Fritsch decides to build a new building, most likely demolishing the previous one.<\/li>\n
  • 1822: After J.G. 1818.<\/li>\n
  • 1824: The house is sold to Dr Georg von Meijer for 2000 silver roubles.<\/li>\n
  • 1841: Dr. Meijer establishes a cold water institution in the territory of the Cesis manor.<\/li>\n
  • 1877: Dr. G. von Meier dies after 90 years and 5 months of life.<\/li>\n
  • 1880: Heinrich Georg Meijer, son of Heinrich Georg Meijer, takes over the ownership.<\/li>\n
  • 1919: Heinrich von Meyer dies.<\/li>\n
  • 1923: The property is bought by doctor K\u0101rlis Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 for 250 000 Latvian roubles or 5000 lats.<\/li>\n
  • 1922-1933: K. Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 acts as the head of the town of Cesis.<\/li>\n
  • 1930: K. Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 pays off the Latvian Mortgage Bank’s loan of 4000 lats in full.<\/li>\n
  • 1940: nationalisation of the house.<\/li>\n
  • 1943: Restoration of property rights.<\/li>\n
  • 1945: K. Vanadzi\u0146\u0161 emigrates to Sweden.<\/li>\n
  • 1945-1990: The building houses the Cesis Health Protection Department.<\/li>\n
  • 1990-2015: the building is not properly managed as ownership changes and is eventually demolished.<\/li>\n
  • 2016: restoration of the building to its historic appearance begins.<\/li>\n
  • Modern day: the house has a restaurant and a hotel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1680,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[204,206,205],"product_tag":[207,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-1722","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cesis-house","7":"product_cat-residential-buildings","8":"product_cat-treatment-facility","9":"product_tag-medicine","10":"product_tag-us","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesustasti.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}