Kuningamäe

Kuningamäe
Village
Kuningamäe

Location in Estonia

Coordinates: 58°38′57″N 25°56′14″E / 58.64917°N 25.93722°E / 58.64917; 25.93722Coordinates: 58°38′57″N 25°56′14″E / 58.64917°N 25.93722°E / 58.64917; 25.93722
Country Estonia
County Jõgeva County
Municipality Põltsamaa Parish
Population (2010[1])
  Total 84

Kuningamäe is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia. It is located just west of the town of Põltsamaa. Kuningamäe has a populstion of 84 (as of 2010).[1]

Earlier Kuningamäe was a location of Vana-Põltsamaa Manor's cattle manor Königsberg, which has also been associated with the residence of Duke Magnus. In 1766 Johann Woldemar von Lauw established a hospital and pharmacy in Kuningamäe. The director Peter Ernst Wilde founded a medical school and a print shop where he published the first Estonian periodical Lühhike öppetus and the first Estonian medical manual Arsti ramat.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Põltsamaa valla arengukava 2004-2015" (PDF) (in Estonian). Põltsamaa vald. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  2. "Kuningamäe küla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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