Laitse Castle was a knight castle in Harju County, Nissi parish. Today, the ensemble is located in the Laitse village of Saue rural municipality of Harju County. The castle was separated from the Ruila manor in 1637 and has belonged to many owners over time. From 1883, the castle was owned by Woldemar Reinhold Karl Alexander von Üxküll (1860-1945), who built a new main building (completed in 1892). In 1919 the building was expropriated due to land reform. Later, there was a youth colony, then a radio station office and apartments. The radio station (one branch of the Estonian Radio and...

Laitse Castle was a knight castle in Harju County, Nissi parish. Today, the ensemble is located in the Laitse village of Saue rural municipality of Harju County. The castle was separated from the Ruila manor in 1637 and has belonged to many owners over time. From 1883, the castle was owned by Woldemar Reinhold Karl Alexander von Üxküll (1860-1945), who built a new main building (completed in 1892). In 1919 the building was expropriated due to land reform. Later, there was a youth colony, then a radio station office and apartments. The radio station (one branch of the Estonian Radio and Television Center) operated in the territory adjacent to the manor between 1949 and 1998. There were two powerful mid-wave broadcasters (including the Estonian Radio I program) and a lot of short-wave broadcasters. Until the end of the Soviet era, the Laitse Castle was home to a post office, library, medical center, cinema, local automatic telephone station, soviet farm, and a small bakery. Between 1994 and 1995, the castle remained virtually empty, standing for a couple of years without heating, and tearing down a little. Since 1997, Laitse manor has been privately owned.