Frătăuții Vechi
| Frătăuții Vechi | ||
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| Commune | ||
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  Frătăuții Vechi | ||
| Coordinates: 47°54′N 25°53′E / 47.900°N 25.883°E | ||
| Country |
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| County | Suceava County | |
| Population (2002)[1] | 4,638 | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
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).
From 1786 to 1941, Măneuți village was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. In the 1780s, 16 ethnic German families settled in Frătăuții Vechi in the course of the Josephine colonization.[2]
Lutheran church in Frătăuții Vechi
Orthodox church in Măneuți
References
- ↑ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
- ↑ Welsch, Sophie A. (1986). "The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period: Settlement, Ethnic Interaction, Contributions" (PDF). Immigrants & Minorities.
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