Jõgeva County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 5 all over Estonia →

• The treasure keeper in Laiuse castle cellar
• The vanishing swimmer of the Pudivere flax pit
• The dancing maidens of Vana-Põltsamaa's threshing barn
• King Magnus's walking clogs at Põltsamaa castle
• The Devil's hill at Kärde

Legend 9 all over Estonia →

• Kalevipoeg's planks across Lake Peipus
• Lake Endla, born of Juta's tears
• The bottomless spring of Kassinurme
• Kalevipoeg's pike and silver field at Avinurme
• The goat that guards Lustivere's gold
• The rain-making Blue Spring of Laiuse
• 'Out of the way, Kuremaa is coming!'
• The Devil's stones aimed at Torma's rooster
• Virdeoja, the Devil's ditch

True crime 2 all over Estonia →

• Grave robbers dig into the wrong grave at Torma
• A shot through the window at Härjanurme

Battle or uprising 2 all over Estonia →

• Battle of Avinurme
• Kuperjanov's night raids at Aidu

Fire, flood or disaster 8 all over Estonia →

• Peace of Kärde
• Põltsamaa church and castle in flames
• Minus 43.5 at Jõgeva
• The burning of Uue-Põltsamaa mill and the farmers' grain
• Seventy houses burn in an hour at Kükita
• A bear on the road home at Rääbise
• Mustvee's Lutheran church burns like a candle
• Arab silver dug up at Põltsamaa

Famous life 2 all over Estonia →

• Paunvere school: Oskar Luts in Palamuse
• Jõgeva, home of Betti Alver and Alo Mattiisen

First or record 2 all over Estonia →

• Lühhike öppetus, the first Estonian periodical
• Picture shows in the old German club at Põltsamaa

Film or book location 2 all over Estonia →

• Paunvere is Palamuse: filming Kevade
• Võisiku, home of the Tsar's Madman

Remembered by people who were there 3 all over Estonia →

• Erich and Linda Ploom remember eleven years of hiding near Sadala
• Aliide Liiv talks about the postwar years and kolkhoz life by the Vadi river
• Hermiine of Mustvee remembers the deportation and life after the war

Ancient hillfort 6 all over Estonia →

• Kalana hill fort
• Kassinurme hill fort
• Madisemägi
• Ehavere linnamägi
• Linnutaja linnamägi
• Roela I linnamägi

Manor 22 all over Estonia →

• Kuremaa manor house
• Adavere manor house
• Tõikvere Manor
• Kudina Manor
• Võisiku Manor
• Uue-Põltsamaa Manor
• Imukvere Manor
• Jõgeva Manor
• Kaave Manor
• Kursi parsonage manor
• Kärde Manor
• Laius-Tähkvere Manor
• Laiuse Manor
• Laiuse parsonage manor
• Lustivere Manor
• Mõra Manor
• Pajusi Manor
• Ripuka Manor
• Roela Manor
• Tapiku Manor
• Vaimastvere Manor
• Võtikvere Manor

Folk song 1 all over Estonia →

• Folk song from Laiuse: “ESIVANEMATE VAIMUVARA. Ekspeditsioon Laiusele ja Palamusele”

Ancient site 5

• Kalmemägi
• Nava stone grave
• Kõola stone grave
• Paduvere asulakoht
• Umbusi asulakoht

Memorial or cemetery 20

• Monument to the War of Independence in Kaarepere
• Patjala Cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kursi
• Riivli matmispaik
• Monument to the War of Independence in Lohusuu
• Pajusi manor cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kõnnu
• Monument to the War of Independence in Palamuse
• Monument to the War of Independence in Vilina
• Võisiku manor cemetery
• Raja Old Believers cemetery
• battle of Aidu monument
• Monument to the War of Independence in Vanamõisa
• Monument to the War of Independence in Saduküla
• Karl August Hermanni monument
• Põltsamaa II maailmasõja matmispaik
• Monument to the War of Independence in Põltsamaa
• Monument to the War of Independence in Vaimastvere
• Kursi II maailmasõja matmispaik
• Lustivere II maailmasõja matmispaik

Historic recording 3

• Home place: Torma, 1979
• Fifty years of plant breeding at Jõgeva, 1970
• Avinurme remembers its War of Independence dead, 2004

Archive documentary 4

• Sunday in the country at Laiuse, c. 1950
• The village shop at Jaama, 1986
• Oskar Luts walks through his home Palamuse, 1938
• Charles XII's linden at Laiuse, 1938

Church or chapel 7

• Lohusuu Church
• Torma Church
• Kursi Church
• Laiuse Church
• Mustvee Church
• Põltsamaa Church
• Põltsamaa vana Niguliste kirik

Historic building 2

• Kärde rahumajake
• Rahakirstumäed

Lost village 4

• Eristvere
• Kirikuküla
• Kirivere
• Lullikatku

Erratic boulder 2

• Linnanõmme rändrahn
• Kalevipoja lingukivi ehk Prossa hiidrahn

Campsites 2 all over Estonia →

• Lagedi campsite
• Raadna campsite

Forest houses to rent 1 all over Estonia →

• Endla rental hut

Hiking trails 3 all over Estonia →

• Jõemõisa hiking trail (0.5 km)
• Lake Endla hiking trail (9,5 km)
• Tammeluha hiking trail (3 km)

Nature study trails 3 all over Estonia →

• Kirna study trail (6.8 km)
• Lake Saare study trail (3.5 km)
• Männikjärve bog study trail (7.3 km)

Cycling trails 2 all over Estonia →

• Kaiu cycling trail (45 km)
• Koseveski cycling trail (20 km)

Observation towers 2 all over Estonia →

• Altmetsa observation tower (ca 1.5 km from the parking)
• Männikjärve bog study trail’s observation tower (ca 2.3 km from the parking)

Campfire sites 21 all over Estonia →

• Altmetsa campfire site
• Hundissaare campfire site
• Jõemõisa campfire site
• Kalamehe campfire site
• Kassinurme campfire site
• Kõrgekalda campfire site
• Kukeseene campfire site
• Lake Kaiu campfire site
• Linajärve campfire site
• Mütsiga männi campfire site
• Papi campfire site
• Pedja river campfire site
• Sihi campfire site
• Siimusti campfire site
• Sinijärve campfire site
• Tammeluha campfire site
• Tammemägi hill campfire site
• Tooma campfire site
• Uuetee campfire site
• Vana paadisadama campfire site
• Räägu Lõkkekoht

Rest stops 3

• Lake Prossa recreation site
• Priistani rest stop
• Särgjärve road rest stop

• Männikjärve bog
• Põltsamaa castle