Kuningamäe
Kuningamäe is located in Estonia
Kuningamäe
Kuningamäe
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°38′57″N 25°56′14″E / 58.64917°N 25.93722°E / 58.64917; 25.93722
CountryEstonia
CountyJõgeva County
MunicipalityPõltsamaa Parish
Population
 (2010[1])
  Total84

Kuningamäe is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia.[2] 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.[3]

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. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  3. "Kuningamäe küla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 June 2011.


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