Palmse is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia,[1] on the territory of Lahemaa National Park.

From 1676 until the Estonian declaration of independence in 1919 it belonged to the Baltic German von der Pahlen family.

The house was burnt during the Great Northern War and restored in 1730 by Arend Dietrich von der Pahlen, who had studied architecture in the Netherlands.

[2][3][4] Apart from the stately manor house, there are also several preserved outhouses on the grounds, such as a distillery, greenhouse and barn, as well as a great park with typical romantic pavilions and a bath-house.

[6] Russian military officer and statesman Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen (1745–1826) was born in Palmse Manor.