Iacobeni (Sibiu)

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Iacobeni
Jakobsdorf
Jakabfalva
Coat of arms of Iacobeni (Sibiu)
Iacobeni (Sibiu) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 46 ° 3 '  N , 24 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 3 '4 "  N , 24 ° 42' 45"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 480  m
Area : 103.45  km²
Residents : 2,757 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 27 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557105
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Iacobeni, Movile , Netuș , Noiștat , Stejărișu
Mayor : Vasile-Ioan Cori ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 57
loc. Iacobeni, jud. Sibiu, RO-557105
Website :

Iacobeni (outdated Iacășdorf ; German  Jakobsdorf or Jakeschdorf , Hungarian Jakabfalva ) is a village in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

geography

The village is located about 1500 meters away from the main road that runs through the Harbach Valley ( Valea Hârtibaciului ) and connects Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) with Sighișoara ( Schäßburg ). Iacobeni is located about seventy kilometers north of the district capital Sibiu.

The municipality of Iacobeni consists of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile ( Hundertbüelte ), Netuș ( Neithausen ), Noiștat ( Neustadt ), Stejărișu ( Probstdorf ). In each of these places there is a fortified church .

history

The place in the former Schenker Stuhl was first mentioned in a document in 1309 and was probably founded about a century earlier.

Statistics show that the village prospered economically, according to which Jakobsdorf was the second largest village in the Schenker Stuhl around 1500 and in the 16th century. Until the 1930s, more than half of the population were Transylvanian Saxons . As a result of emigrating to Germany (especially in 1990), their share has decreased significantly to this day.

Iacobeni today

In Iacobeni - like Cincu ( Groß-Schenk ) - the “ Independent Catholic Church ” of Father Don Demidoff, author of the book “The Thorn Priest”, settled in the 1990s . In self-portrayals, Demidoff says that this church is primarily active in charity. This is denied by critics. Demidoff's church operated several facilities in the former Protestant church buildings, which were leased and redesigned for these purposes.

Residents

According to the 2011 census, there were 1615 Romanians , 956 Roma , 34 Germans and 9 Hungarians in the municipality of Iacobeni . In the village of Iacobeni itself, 767 inhabitants were registered in 1992.

Attractions

  • The Protestant church and fortified church built in the 14th century, is a listed building and is leased to the Independent Catholic Church .
  • The Protestant rectory was built in 1843.

  • Church and school in Iacobeni

  • The fortified church of Iacobeni

  • View of Iacobeni

Personalities

  • Misch Orend (1896–1976), historian

See also

Web links

Commons : Iacobeni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ Demidoff is a personality who evokes completely different perceptions: there are extremely positive accounts of him and his work, such as on his own homepage, as well as extremely critical accounts ( Memento of November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Presentation of the author of "The Thorn Priest" ( Memento of March 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Father Don Demidoff: The Thorn Priest , Iacobeni, Edition Inimii 2005. ISBN 973-0-03816-3 )
  5. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Report on Don Demidoff, formerly Udo J. Erlenhardt
  6. ↑ Don Demidoff's dispatch
  7. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  8. ↑ The Theses of the Church in Iacobeni at depeschedondemidoff.com (English)
  9. ↑ Misch Orend in the Jakobsdorfer HOG web presentation