Otepää Parish
Municipality of Estonia (2017)
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Otepää Parish (Estonian: Otepää vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia.[1] It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.
Otepää Parish
Otepää vald | |
|---|---|
 Otepää Cultural Building | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Otepää Parish within Valga County. | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Valga County |
| Administrative centre | Otepää |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jorma Riivald |
| Area | |
• Total | 520 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2019) | |
• Total | 6,456 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-557 |
| Website | www.otepaa.ee |
The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of the former Otepää Parish, Sangaste Parish, 7 villages of Palupera Parish, and 12 villages of Puka Parish.
Settlements
The parish has one town, two small boroughs and 52 villages.
- Town
- Small boroughs
- Villages
Ädu - Arula- Ilmjärve - Kääriku - Kähri - Kassiratta - Kastolatsi - Kaurutootsi - Keeni - Kibena - Koigu - Kolli - Komsi - Kuigatsi - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Lutike - Mäeküla - Mägestiku - Mägiste - Mäha - Märdi - Makita - Meegaste - Miti - Neeruti - Nõuni - Nüpli - Otepää küla - Pedajamäe - Päidla - Pilkuse - Plika - Põru - Prange - Pringi - Pühajärve - Räbi - Raudsepa - Restu - Risttee - Ruuna - Sarapuu - Sihva - Tiidu - Tõutsi -Truuta - Vaalu - Vaardi - Vana-Otepää - Vidrike
Neighboring parishes
Elva, Nõo, Kambja, Kanepi, Antsla, Valga ja Tõrva vald.
Notable people
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793 in Sangaste Castle –1874), Baltic German Field Marshal, Governor-General of Finland
- Aleksander Eduard Thomson (1845 in Pringi – 1917), composer, a founder of the folk music choral tradition in Estonia
- Kaarel Parts (1873 in Otepää Parish – 1940), lawyer, judge and politician; Chief Justice of Estonia, 1919 to 1940
- August Gailit (1891 in Kuiksilla – 1960), writer, influenced by neo-romanticism
- Yri Naelapea (1896 in Arula – 1969), writer, journalist, and publisher.
- Aarne Viisimaa (1898 in Sangaste – 1989), operatic tenor, opera director; director of the Estonian National Opera, 1927 to 1944
- Friedrich Kurg (1898 in Sangaste Parish – 1945), a military major and a Forest Brother partisan.
- August Englas (1925 in Pühajärve Parish – 2017), wrestler, won fourth place at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Mats Traat (1936 in Arula – 2022), poet, poetry translator, author; also a singer and an actor.
- Harri Õunapuu (born 1947 in Sangaste Parish), agronomist and politician. Governor of Rapla County, 1989 to 1991; Minister of Finance, 2002 to 2003.
- Madis Vihmann (born 1995 in Sangaste), footballer who played over 170 games and 19 for Estonia
