Orivesi
ORIVESI
Region : Pirkanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions : 1973 Eräjärvi; 2007 Längelmäki (partly)
Official blazon
Hopeisessa kilvessä punainen, pystyyn kavahtanut ori, joka nousee esiin kilventyveen ulottuvasta sinisestä vedestä.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 30, 1949.
Orivesi means stallion-lake and the arms thus are canting.
 The arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.