Otepää

Otepää is a small town with 2,000 inhabitants set in the hills of south , approximately 50 km south from .
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  • Type: Town with 4,120 residents
  • Description: town in Estonia
  • Also known as: Otepaeae

Places of Interest

Highlights include Otepää Bishop’s Castle and Alevijärv.

Castle
Otepää Castle was a stronghold of the Ugandi Estonians in Otepää, later controlled by the Bishop of Tartu and his vassals. Otepää Castle was one of the most prominent centers of ancient Estonia and a crucial hub in Southern Estonia, being one of Estonia's strongest ancient fortresses, located atop the highest hillfort in the region.

Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otepää.

Hamlet
is a village in , in southeastern . It has a population of 313.

Otepää

Latitude
58.0585° or 58° 3′ 31″ north
Longitude
26.4961° or 26° 29′ 46″ east
Population
4,120
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EE OTP
Open location code
9GC83F5W+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34823927
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
589782
Wiki­data ID
Q339347
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Võro—“Otepää” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Օտեպյաե
  • Azerbaijani: Otepya
  • Azerbaijani: Оtеpya
  • Belarusian: Отэпя
  • Belarusian: Отэпяя
  • Catalan: Otepää
  • Cebuano: Otepää
  • Chinese: 奧泰佩
  • Croatian: Otepää
  • Czech: Otepää
  • Danish: Odenpäh
  • Danish: Otepää
  • Dutch: Otepää
  • Eastern Mari: Отепя
  • Esperanto: Otepää
  • Estonian: Otepää Alev
  • Estonian: Otepää linn
  • Estonian: Otepää
  • Finnish: Otepää
  • French: Otepää
  • Georgian: ოტეპია
  • German: Odenpäh
  • German: Otepää
  • German: Nustago” (historical)
  • German: Odenpä” (historical)
  • Hebrew: אוטפה
  • Italian: Otepää
  • Japanese: オテパー
  • Japanese: オテピャー
  • Korean: 오테패
  • Latin: Odenpe” (historical)
  • Latin: Otepea” (historical)
  • Latvian: Otepē
  • Lithuanian: Otepė
  • Moksha: Отэпяя
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Otepää
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Otepää
  • Norwegian: Otepää
  • Persian: اوتپا
  • Polish: Otepää
  • Portuguese: Otepää
  • Romanian: Otepää
  • Russian: Отепя
  • Russian: Отепяэ
  • Serbian: Отепа
  • Serbian: Отепја
  • Serbo-Croatian: Otepää
  • Slovak: Otepää
  • Slovenian: Otepää
  • Spanish: Otepää
  • Swedish: Otepää
  • Tatar: Отепәә
  • Turkish: Otepää
  • Ukrainian: Отепя
  • Ukrainian: Отепяе
  • Upper Sorbian: Otepää
  • Veps: Otepä
  • Vietnamese: Otepää
  • Volapük: Otepää
  • Võro: Otõmpää
  • Otepää
  • Otõmpää

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Otepää”. Photo: Valju, CC BY 3.0.