Orivesi

ORIVESI

Region : Pirkanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions : 1973 Eräjärvi; 2007 Längelmäki (partly)

Hopeisessa kilvessä punainen, pystyyn kavahtanut ori, joka nousee esiin kilventyveen ulottuvasta sinisestä vedestä.

The arms were granted on November 30, 1949.

Orivesi means stallion-lake and the arms thus are canting.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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