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Ancient county of Estonia
NurmekundNurmekund
Migration period–1224
Ancient Estonia, Nurmekund is dark green.Ancient Estonia, Nurmekund is dark green.
CapitalPilistvere
58°39′46″N 25°44′56″E / 58.6628°N 25.7489°E / 58.6628; 25.7489
Common languagesOld 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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Ancient counties of Estonia


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