Baron Julius von der Ropp bought the manor in 1878, during which the peasants protested against the soul census (1881).

During World War II Adolf Hitler visited Wehrmacht's Army Group North Headquarters in Malnava.

[2] A new, larger manor house was built after extensive damage occurred to the previous structure near the end of World War II.

[3] The building is part of the Malnava college and secondary school (lv), which provides an agricultural and technical training curriculum.

The park has a regular layout with French-style features, geometric (symmetrical - what's right on the left as well - seen at the white gate), one of the oldest in Latvia and, if it weren't affected by war, would be richer in foreign species.