Otepää
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OTEPÄÄ
County: Valgamaa
Additions : Pühajärve
Official blazon
Mustal kilbil kuldne karu pea.
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 showed the bear less 'friendly':
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