Tauragnai manor
This is one of the oldest and largest manors, and the location itself was called Tauraginai. Tauragnai manor was on a beautiful hill near the lakes Labė and Tauragnas. The area of the lands of the manor was recorded differently in the sources, because the manor possessed a lot of other estates in the surrounding areas. The Puslovskiai had 8049 tithes of land. Apparently, not only Tauragnai manor. In the list of landowners of Kaunas governorate, the total area of Tauragnas, Sirvydžiai and Narutiškis owned by Zigmantas Puslovskis, was 1491 tithes of land in 1889. In the past Tauragnai castle and manor belonged to Vilnius diocese (Jogaila donated Tauragnai to the established Vilnius diocese). In the surviving inventory of Tauragnai manor it is said that the manors in Tauragnai, Šeimatis, Gateliai, Untilgė, Kubiliai, Juknėnai, Kalviai, Daunoriai, Pilkeniai, Minčia had inns.
When Russia occupied Lithuania Tauragnai manor was expropriated because in 1861peasants rebelled against their lords due to too hard corvee. The revolt was crushed by a Russian squadron of riders. Count Puslovskis’ land was managed by his representatives as he lived elsewhere. At the end of the XIXc. the representative was Dobžanskis who lived not far from the border of Austria. The manor owned quite a number of estates (Paakmenė, Musteikiai, Jauniškis and others). In about 1860 Puslovskis died. Guardianship of the Nobility appointed Polish administrators to look after the manor, who started to rent the land, sell it, exploited serfs and made them drunk. In Tauragnai manor there were big spirits and beer breweries. In about 1880 Tauragnai manor was purchased by Karolis Gineitis, Petras’ son, who had acquired Paakmenė estate before (100 tithes of land). When he died the manor was inherited by his sons Antanas and Pranciškus. They were real Lithuanian patriots. Both brothers’ dwelling buildings were separate, wooden, of Lithuanian architecture. Outbuildings were from Puslovskis’ times. In Antanas Gineitis’ house there was a school for girls. The members of the Gineičiai family, especially the younger generation, did a lot for Lithuania. During occupations the buildings of Tauragnai manor were destroyed. The Gineičiai were exiled. In 1990 Rimas Gineitis’, who was Pranciškus’ grandson, family started to revive the former homestead of the manor.
