Kuningamäe | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Jõgeva County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Põltsamaa Parish |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Kuningamäe is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia.[1] It is located just west of the town of Põltsamaa. Kuningamäe has a populstion of 84 (as of 2010).[2]
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]