Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.
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 Otepää
Small boroughs Puka - Sangaste
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
See also Tehvandi Sports Center
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