Räpina

Räpina is a town in Põlva County in Estonia. It is known as Räpinä in Võro and as Rappin in German. The town served as the administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961 and is today the administrative seat of Räpina Parish. Its oldest commercial enterprise is a paper factory that opened in 1734, and the paper mill stands on Lake Räpina. The town also has a harbour on Lake Peipus, a manor house and a school of horticulture. Notable people listed for the town include the composer and choral conductor Richard Ritsing, the poet Paul Haavaoks, the artist and academic Enno Ootsing, the architect Leonhard Lapin, and the politician Margus Leivo, who was Minister of the Interior from 2003 to 2005.