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'''OTEPÄÄ'''
'''OTEPÄÄ'''


County: [[Põhja-Valgamaa]]
County: [[Valgamaa]]<br>
Additions : [[Pühajärve]]


[[File:otepaa2.gif|center]]
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[[Category:Estonian municipalities]]
[[Category:Estonian municipalities]]
[[Category:Põhja-Valgamaa]]
[[Category:Valgamaa]]
[[Category:Granted 1992]]
[[Category:Granted 1992]]

Revision as of 18:24, 17 March 2012

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OTEPÄÄ

County: Valgamaa
Additions : Pühajärve

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Origin/meaning :
The arms were granted on July 24, 1992.

The arms show a golden bear's head in a black field. The arms are canting, the name means bear's-head. Although the meaning is more likely bear's hill, as pää can mean both head as hill.

An older image showe dth ebear less 'friendly':

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Literature : Image taken from http://www.rk.ee/symb/