Alempois

Alempois
Alempois of Ancient Estonia
1224

Ancient Estonian counties in 1214.
Area
 • Coordinates58°50′N 25°30′E / 58.83°N 25.5°E / 58.83; 25.5
 • TypeCouncil of Elders
Succeeded by
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights
Proto-Estonian, Estonian paganism, Thor cult

Alempois (Latin: Alumbus) was a small independent landlocked county in ancient Estonia, bordered by Harjumaa, Järvamaa, Nurmekund, Sakala, and Läänemaa. Alempois had an area of approximately 400 hides[1].

See also


  1. ^ Anti Selart (2020). Alempois. Zur Geschichte der Landesteilungen zwischen dem Deutschen Orden und den Hochstiften in Estland. Jürgen Sarnowsky, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Hubert Houben, László Pósán, Attila Bárány. Studies on the Military Orders, Prussia, and Urban History: Essays in Honour of Roman Czaja on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday. Beiträge zur Ritterordens-, Preußen- und Städteforschung. Festschrift für Roman Czaja zum 60. Geburtstag (65−76). Debrecen: “Hungary in Medieval Europe” Research Group.