Jerwen County (original) (raw)

Jerwen County (German: Kreis Jerwen, German: Kreis Weissenstein, Estonian: Järva kreis, Estonian: Paide kreis, Russian: Йервенский уезд, Russian: Вейсенштейнский уезд) was one of the four counties of the Russian Empire located in the Governorate of Estonia. It was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day northern Estonia). Its capital was Paide (Weissenstein). The territory of Kreis Jerwen corresponds to most of the present-day Järva County and small parts of Lääne-Viru and Rapla counties.