Kuremaa

58.73611126.536389Koordinaten: 58 ° 44 'N, 26 ° 32' O

Kuremaa ( German Jensel ) is a village (Estonian alevik ) in the Estonian rural community Jõgeva ( Jõgeva vald ) in a circle Jõgeva. Kuremaa is about 10 km away from the city Jõgeva. The village has 407 inhabitants (as of 2006).

Good and manor of Kuremaa

Kuremaa is mainly known for its historic estate ( Kuremaa mõis ), which formed the economic center of the village before the First World War. It was founded before the Livonian War mid-16th century by the German - Swedish nobleman Johann Wrangell.

From 1843 the estate was owned by the German Baltic noble family von Oettingen, which managed it according to the latest knowledge in time. The products also found nationally on the market of Saint Petersburg paragraph. In Kuremaa mid-19th century already incurred a closed drainage system and the initial milk sugar factory of the Russian Empire.

The representative present mansion was built in 1837-1843 to designs by the architect Tartu EYD Strauss. After the Estonian land reform in 1919 in 1934 an agricultural educational institution was established. A year later, the connection between the main house galleries and side wings were increased by one more floor. A fire damaged the building in 1986 difficult. It was then but rebuilt. The mansion now houses a small museum on the history of the estate and the surrounding area. About two kilometers from the Good is the small cemetery of the family von Oettingen, the landscape architect Walter von Engelhardt has created 1899. The chapel combines neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles.

Kuremaa järv

The manor of Kuremaa is surrounded by a biodiverse park, which lies on the northern edge of the lake Kuremaa järv. The lake has an area of ​​397 acres and is up to 13.3 m deep. At the northern and northeastern shores a nature reserve was established in 1992. There is also the historic windmill from Kuremaa that was renovated a few years ago and offers a view of the seascape.