Frătăuții Vechi
Frătăuții Vechi (German: Alt Fratautz) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Frătăuții Vechi, and Măneuți (Hungarian: Andrásfalva).
Frătăuții Vechi | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Suceava County | |
  Frătăuții Vechi Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°54′N 25°53′E | |
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| County | Suceava |
| Population (2011)[1] | 4,394 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | SV |
From 1786 to 1941, Măneuți village was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. During the 1780s, 16 ethnic German families settled in Frătăuții Vechi in the course of the Josephine colonization (German: Josephinische Siedlung).[2]
Lutheran church in Frătăuții Vechi
Orthodox church in Măneuți
References
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- Welsch, Sophie A. (1986). "The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period: Settlement, Ethnic Interaction, Contributions" (PDF). Immigrants & Minorities. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
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