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Kuningamäe
CountryEstonia
CountyJõgeva County
MunicipalityPõltsamaa 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. ^ a b "Põltsamaa valla arengukava 2004-2015" (PDF) (in Estonian). Põltsamaa vald. p. 6. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Kuningamäe küla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 June 2011.