{"id":5068185,"date":"2025-04-11T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/supeluse\/bathelti-maja\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:13:12","slug":"bathelti-maja","status":"publish","type":"supeluse","link":"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/en\/supeluse\/bathelti-maja\/","title":{"rendered":"BATHELT RENTAL HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">The earliest known owner of the property and the small house on it was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0forester\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Gustaw Thomson\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">(1811-?). His son, <strong>Gustaw Adolf Thomson<\/strong> (1857-1913), studied theology at the University of Tartu and in 1888 became a teacher in the Volga-German settlement in Saratov. Oscar Bathelt bought the house and the plot of land in Baade Street from him.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW156955794 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW114289053 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114289053 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Confectioner Oscar\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW114289053 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Bathelt<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW114289053 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Austrian\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Oskar Viktor Rudolf Bathelt\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">(1853 &#8211; 1916) was born in Bielitz (Bielsko in Poland) and started a confectionery business on R\u00fc\u00fctli Street in 1880. He was married to Marie Awik, from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Kuressaare<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, who, as an enterprising woman, ran a haberdashery shop at R\u00fc\u00fctli 32 and from 1894, she ran it in her own house at R\u00fc\u00fctli 26. She sold umbrellas, socks, gloves and men&#8217;s neckties, walking sticks and hats. In addition, she offered bathing suits and beach parasols for the holidaymakers\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">and also<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0published postcards with views of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW5487375 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW71810386 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW71810386 BCX0\">Provost Gustav Adolf Thomson, born in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW71810386 BCX0\">Audru<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW71810386 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:3,&quot;335551620&quot;:3}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5051469 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_01-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_01-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_01-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_01-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Bathelt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0family bought a plot of land on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street in 1890 and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">immediately<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0commissioned a construction project for a magnificent villa with an attic floor. For some reason, the project was abandoned and instead, a rental house with two full floors and several apartments was built. The family stayed in Mrs Bathelt&#8217;s house on R\u00fc\u00fctli Street and the apartments in the new house were rented out.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW171103392 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW259166315 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259166315 BCX0\">Fa\u00e7ade drawing of the unbuilt house from the 1890 project<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW259166315 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW183124014 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183124014 BCX0\">Advertisement for the confectioner\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW183124014 BCX0\">Bathelt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183124014 BCX0\">\u00a0in the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW183124014 BCX0\">Pernausche<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183124014 BCX0\">\u00a0Zeitung, 23 March 1901<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW183124014 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW59177378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Oscar Bathelt\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">closed down<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0his confectionery business in 1908 and handed the business, which he had been running in one location for 28 years, to Otto Philip Hufer. Hufer, a Bavarian, successfully continued the chocolate and confectionery business while also opening a caf\u00e9 (in the Soviet period it was known as the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Kungla<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Caf\u00e9).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW59177378 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW40999426 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40999426 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">On 14 January 1916, 62-year-old Oscar Bathelt decided to commit suicide and hanged himself in his home. The rental house on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW40999426 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40999426 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street was inherited by his widow, Marie, and their sons, Egon-Richard (born 1888), Alfred-Viktor (1890), and Ervin-Oskar (1891).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW40999426 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW110244518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110244518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Why the street was named\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW110244518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">N\u00f5ukogude<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW110244518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110244518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Soviet&#8221;)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW110244518 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">After the revolution in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Petrograd<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, a council (&#8220;soviet&#8221; in Russian, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">n\u00f5ukogu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">&#8221; in Estonian) of workers, soldiers and peasant deputies was formed in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0to overthrow the old regime. To support this, on 30 October 1917, a Military Revolutionary Committee was formed, made up of representatives of revolutionary-minded military units, with the aim of seizing power and ensuring order in the city. Vladimir Robachevsky (1893-?), a sapper from Pskov, became the head of the committee, and the committee had its premises here in a house on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW229817801 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW126205396 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW126205396 BCX0\">Revolutionary soldier Vladimir Robachevsky<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW126205396 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:3,&quot;335551620&quot;:3}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5051471 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_03-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_03-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_03-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_03-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">The committee was also tasked with dealing with food provision issues. In December 1917,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Hugo Kuusner<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">chairman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0of the city&#8217;s food provision committee, was arrested and brought here for questioning. Kuusner recalled: &#8220;I was taken before the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Bolshevik Executive Committee on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street, where I thought I had been taken to a madhouse, because those people could not be considered mentally sane.&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Kuusner was initially placed under house\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">arrest, but<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0was soon imprisoned in the elevator of the Port of Tallinn, where\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0mayor Jaan Leesment was already sitting.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW203507559 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Between 1950 and 1989,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street was named\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">N\u00f5ukogude<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street (&#8220;Soviet\u201d Street), precisely because the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Military Revolutionary Committee was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">located<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0here in 1917. A plaque was also unveiled on the wall to commemorate it.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW87192661 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253905813 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253905813 BCX0\">Commemorative plaque on the wall of 12\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW253905813 BCX0\">N\u00f5ukogude<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253905813 BCX0\">\u00a0Street in 1967<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW253905813 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">In 1920,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Johannes Ruut<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, a stationmaster and timber merchant in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Surju<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, bought the house from Bathelt&#8217;s heirs and traded in lumber, firewood,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">shingles<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0and other timber. The rooms on the first floor of the building were rented by Jakob Naudi, the chief of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0County state lands, for his office. The task of the chief of state lands in the independent Republic of Estonia was to carry out the land reform \u2013 taking over the assets of manors and distributing them to land recipients in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0County.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW266814204 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW56138472 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW56138472 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">The Hugo Kuusner court case<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW56138472 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5051470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_02_Kuusner-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_02_Kuusner-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_02_Kuusner.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Johannes Ruut, the owner of the house, died in 1927, and his will\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">named<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0his next of kin \u2013 his wife,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">mother<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0and stepdaughter \u2060\u2013 as his heirs. The widowed <strong>Anna Ruut<\/strong>, however, was reluctant to share her inheritance with her mother-in-law and her\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">stepdaughter, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0wished to keep it all for herself. She involved lawyer Kuusner, who was appointed guardian of the inheritance by the city&#8217;s Orphans&#8217; Court, in her schemes.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW78933527 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104142750 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104142750 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">This was the second time that <strong>Hugo Kuusner<\/strong> (1887-1942) \u2013 a respected attorney-at-law in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW104142750 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104142750 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, former mayor and member of the Provisional Assembly, the man who proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Estonia from the balcony of the Endla society house on the evening of 23 September 1918 \u2013 got into trouble with this house.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW104142750 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Anna Ruut and Kuusner were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">probably scheming<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0together. The will provided for the immediate sale of the house\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">in the event of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0the owner&#8217;s death and the proceeds to be divided between his wife, mother, and stepdaughter. However, under Anna&#8217;s pressure, Kuusner, as the administrator of the inheritance, took out a loan from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Krediitpank<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0for the value of the house\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">and also<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0used it as collateral. The aim was for the house to be auctioned off at the bank&#8217;s request, the bank to get its money, and the heirs, other than Anna, to lose the money. The Orphans&#8217; Court saw this as the acquisition of someone else&#8217;s property and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">initiated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0a criminal investigation with charges of fraud. Kuusner was found guilty of a professional offense and the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Viljandi-P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Magistrate&#8217;s Court sentenced him to one and a half years in prison.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW259853752 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147647289 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147647289 BCX0\">Announcement in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW147647289 BCX0\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147647289 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW147647289 BCX0\">P\u00e4evaleht<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147647289 BCX0\">\u00a0newspaper 11 September 1929<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW147647289 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:3,&quot;335551620&quot;:3}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Although the sentence was later commuted to two weeks of detention, Kuusner was expelled from the Bar Association and devoted the rest of his life to floriculture. He\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">established<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0a large flower garden with greenhouses and opened a flower shop in the centre of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0and in the new\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Rannahotell<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">. In 1941, his garden business was nationalised, Kuusner was deported to Siberia as part of the June deportations, and he died in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Sevurallag<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, Sverdlovsk Oblast, on 23 March 1943.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW42922498 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW109205282 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109205282 BCX0\">Hugo Kuusner, Attorney-at-law<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW109205282 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW183117929 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183117929 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Caf\u00e9s and society rooms<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW183117929 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Before World War II, the owner of the house was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><strong>Anton Varkel<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">(1874-?), an infantry captain from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00f6\u00f6gle<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Parish, who studied at the Kazan Military School and took part in the Russo-Japanese War. He had retired from his position as the company commander of the Tallinn Guard Battalion and had been living in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0for some time. He moved into a large apartment on the second floor, while the first floor was still rented out.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW211216423 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Practically every<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0summer, a new caf\u00e9 or diner\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">operated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0here, and various\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0associations found suitable meeting rooms here. In 1937, the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><strong>\u00a0Animal Protection Society<\/strong>, whose\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">chairman<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">, by the way, the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0owner of the house himself, also had its premises here, as well as the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><strong>\u00a0Russian Society<\/strong>, which until then had\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">been located in<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Possieti<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street. The society united the Russian community here, its leaders being\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0gynaecologist <strong>Dr Ivan Schanin<\/strong> and history teacher of the Boys&#8217; Gymnasium Yevgeny Dampel.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW239600124 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33313423 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW33313423 BCX0\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33313423 BCX0\">\u00a0Russian Society&#8217;s acting group. Photo:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW33313423 BCX0\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33313423 BCX0\">\u00a0Museum<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33313423 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193950080 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193950080 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Nationalisation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW193950080 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle1\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5051472 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_04-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_04-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_04-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_04-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sup20_04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">At the beginning of the Soviet occupation, the house was expropriated. After the war, the building was initially at the disposal of the military unit, and for a few years, the premises were occupied by the finance department of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0City Executive Committee. After that, however, the rooms were split into apartments with a communal kitchen. This way, the six-room apartment that was previously spread over the entire second floor w<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">as co<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">nverted into four smaller apartments by adding partitions. Until the end of the 1950s, they\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">mainly housed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0the families of officers of military unit 2175, while the first civilian Estonian families got into the house in 1960.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW44668277 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle1\"><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW4374180 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW4374180 BCX0\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW4374180 BCX0\"> 12 before renovation in 2008<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW4374180 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Although these were small apartments, throughout the Soviet period, the rooms were rented out to Russian and Jewish families who came to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0from Moscow or St Petersburg for the summer. For example, in the early 1960s, top violinist\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Igor Bezhrodny<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0(1930-1967) and one of Russia&#8217;s most influential piano teachers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Sergei Dorensky<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0(1931-2020) rented a shared apartment in the house for the summer, together with their spouses.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW171793522 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW184860711 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">After the restoration of independence, the apartments were privatised, and today there are 12 apartments in total. The courtyard house on Auli Street is also worth noting. The courtyard house, built in 1890 to house the janitor, was demolished, and a residential building was built in its place in 2016 (architect Peeter Pere), which, in terms of its size and finish, does not compete with the main house on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Supeluse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0Street. Rather, it assumes the status of an outbuilding with dignity and fits well into the ensemble with the old warehouse in the same courtyard. Upon completion, it was considered one of the most outstanding new buildings in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">P\u00e4rnu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW184860711 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5068185","supeluse","type-supeluse","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BATHELT RENTAL HOUSE - Visit P\u00e4rnu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/en\/supeluse\/bathelti-maja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BATHELT RENTAL HOUSE - Visit P\u00e4rnu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The earliest known owner of the property and the small house on it was\u00a0P\u00e4rnu\u00a0forester\u00a0Gustaw Thomson\u00a0(1811-?). 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