Nurmekund

Nurmekund
Nurmekund
Nurmekund
Migration period–1224 →
Ancient Estonia, Nurmekund is dark green.
Capital Pilistvere
Language(s) Old Estonian
Religion Estonian paganism, Thor cult
Government Not specified
History
 - Established Migration period
 - Disestablished 1224

Nurmekund (Low German: Nurmegunde) was a small independent country (ancient Estonian county) on the north coast of Lake Võrtsjärv in Central Estonia, bordered by Sakala, Alempois, Järvamaa, Mõhu, and Ugandi. Nurmekund had an area of approximately 600 hides.

From Dirham hoards in Estonia.
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, 1225 - 1250.
Livonia in 1260.
Põltsamaa river, the border river of Nurmekund, in 2005.

See also

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v · d · eAncient counties of Estonia

Alempois · Harju · Järva · Jogentagana · Läänemaa · Mõhu · Nurmekund · Revala · Saare · Sakala · Soopoolitse · Ugandi · Vaiga · Virumaa


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