In 1927, the Association for Invalids of the War of Liberation bought Kyyhkylä mansion in 1927 and turned it into a place of work and rest for invalids. In 1969, the mansion was transferred to the Brotherhood of War Invalids, which opened the Brotherhood of War Invalids’ rehabilitation hospital next to the mansion in 1973.
After the Winter War, invalids from the war of liberation were moved to Kyyhkylä along with their families from the areas ceded by Finland, as well as more than 2,000 migrants in summer 1944. During the Winter War, Kyyhkylä housed the Headquarters’ administrative and organisational division, as well as the military police commander and his staff. In the early stages of the Continuation War, the mansion housed Headquarters’ organisational division, which prepared plans concerning the composition and divisions of the Defence Forces. A plan to downsize the ground forces was drawn up in 1942 in Kyyhkylä.
Kyyhkylä mansion contains a restaurant and it offers accommodation, meeting and rehabilitation services.
