Nurmekund

Nurmekund
Nurmekund
Migration period–1224
Ancient Estonia, Nurmekund is dark green.
Capital Pilistvere
Common languages Old Estonian
Religion Estonian paganism, Thor cult
Elder  
History  
• Established
Migration period
• Disestablished
1224
Succeeded by
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights

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.

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