Kuningamäe is a village in Põltsamaa Parish

Põltsamaa Parish

Põltsamaa is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 2722 and an area of 416.9 km² .-Villages:...

, Jõgeva County

Jõgeva County

Jõgeva County , or Jõgevamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and Lääne-Viru County to...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. It's located just west of the town of Põltsamaa

Põltsamaa

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. Kuningamäe has a populstion of 84 (as of 2010).

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

Peter Ernst Wilde

Peter Ernst Wilde was a Baltic German physician and Enlightenment era Estophile....

 founded a medical school and a print shop where he published the first Estonian

Estonian language

Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...

 periodical Lühhike öppetus

Lühhike öppetus

Lühhike öppetus , by modern orthography 'Lühike õpetus', was the first periodical publication in the Estonian language. Edited by Dr...

and the first Estonian medical manual Arsti ramat.

External links

• Kuningamäe kart circuit