Falkenau

58 ° 27 ′ 49 ″ N, 26 ° 36 ′ 8 ″ E

The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1229. In 1234 it was destroyed as a result of an attack by Novgorod troops, and in the same year it was restored. The monastery was famous for its fish ponds (the Cistercians did not eat meat, they only ate fish). In 1343, during the Estonian uprising on the night of St. George, almost all the monks were killed, the monastery was burned down. In 1558, the Dorpat bishop Hermann Wesel, who was accused of a secret alliance with the Russians and negotiations for the capitulation of Dorpat, took refuge in the monastery. The monastery was taken by Russian troops and destroyed, since then it has not been restored. The ruins of the monastery were part of the Kärkna estate and are now located in the Karkna settlement near Tartu.

Tags: castles and fortresses, 13 century, 14 century, 16 century, Teutonic Order (Livonia), Routes of the Livonian War