If only walls could speak. We would hear what happened at the Manor in the 16th century. What tactics did the headquarters´ officers plan during the winter and continuation wars? What kinds of things were discussed over dinner with President Urho Kekkonen? What was everyday life like at the manor? Today you can add many a things to the manor´s history. We all can.

Manor´s phases

1540
First written documents about Tertti: the farm was called Hintsala rustholli (an estate under obligation to equip a cavalryman) and during the period of Great Hate a man and a horse were equipped for the King’s army. The rustholli was named after its master Hannu Hintsa.

1560 - 1850
Period of rustholli. Owners and masters included gentry, for example Henrik von Brandenburg.

1894
The era of the Pylkkänen’s begins. Aatami Pylkkänen purchased Tertti on Iivari’s day on 22 August. 900 hectares of land changed owners in the transaction. The son Iivari started to renovate the estate. Buildings were renovated and more arable land was cleared. The garden was designed and built by gardener Dahlström from St. Petersburg. Tertti’s rose planted. 

1896 
A dairy school founded by Tertti’s
dairy. The first students consisted of 10 girls. One of them was Edla Ahvenainen to whom Iivari soon took fancy. On 6 September 1897 they were married. 200 guests took part in the wedding and a large drum and violin played for several days. Guests came from far and apart, among them Iivari’s army companion Oskar Merikanto. Edla and Iivari had seven children, five boys and two girls.

1918
Tertti’s military history continued.
As Tertti was under the obligation to equip a cavalryman, two eldest sons left for the War of Independence.
After the war Iivari continued to cultivate land at Tertti in independent Finland. He used to organize yearly a big feast on Tapani’s and Iivari’s days.

1939
The start of the Winter War changed many things. Five sons left for the front. On 5 January 1940 after the bombing of Mikkeli Artillery Officer Svanström and his staff were transferred to Tertti. During the Continuation War the headquarters’ Commissary General Officer Gustafsson was stationed at
Tertti together with his staff. 

1941
The war took its toll: two of the sons were killed in action at an interval of one month.

1955
Period after the war: Tertti was still a traditional farmhouse. Olavi Pylkkänen took over together with his wife Liisa. The farm’s dairy cattle was excellent. Sheep were also bred. Olavi liked to name his cattle after famous persons: a boar purchased at Mustiala was called Bobrikof, a bull which won several prizes was called Naippo von Nusseberg, she-goats were called Tamara and Tabe and the last black ewe of the flock of sheep was known by the name of Silvia.

1978
The management of Tertti is passed to the hands of Pepita and Matti Pylkkänen. They decide to concentrate on tourism and specialized cultivation. The buildings have been renovated with respect to old traditions and the garden and immediate surroundings have been brought to the way they were at the end of the 19th century.

2001
Tertti Manor is granted the Building and Environmental Art prize of Southeastern Finland as a recognition of treasuring traditions.

2003
The owners of Tertti, Pepita and Matti Pylkkänen, are granted Gloria Food prize in recognition of treasuring manor traditions and sustained work.

2004
In 2004 Tertti Manor celebrated its 110th year in the ownership of Pylkkänen family. Guest rooms have all been renovated, interior decoration by Mirja Backmansson.