Valea Viilor
Valea Viilor
Wurmloch (German) | |
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| Valea Viilor centre Valea Viilor centre | |
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Coat of arms of Valea Viilor Coat of arms | |
| Location in Sibiu County Location in Sibiu County | |
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| Country | Romania |
| County | Sibiu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Ilie Avram Pinte (PSD) |
Area | 44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 331 m (1,086 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 557290 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 69 |
| Vehicle reg. | SB |
| Website | www |
Valea Viilor (colloquially Vorumloc; German: Wurmloch; Hungarian: Nagybaromlak) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,962 (as of 2021), and is composed of two villages, Motiș (Mortesdorf; Martontelke) and Valea Viilor. Each of these has a fortified church, Motiș fortified church and Valea Viilor fortified church. Both places were established and long inhabited by Transylvanian Saxons.
Motiș
[edit | edit source]Motiș village was previously known in Romanian as Motișdorf and Motișul. Alternate German names include Märtesdorf and Mertesdorf. In Latin records, it is called Villa Morteni.
It was first mentioned in 1319 as the property of Saxon counts Niklaus and Johann von Talmisch. In 1415, Mortesdorf was first called by its sole German name "Gemeinde Martin". Serfdom was abolished in 1848. Saxons made up the majority of the village population for centuries until the 1980s. The community emigrated en masse, chiefly to Germany; at that point, Romanians and Roma became dominant. By 2006, just one Transylvanian Saxon resided in the village.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1850 | 1,161 | — |
| 1900 | 2,061 | +77.5% |
| 1941 | 2,607 | +26.5% |
| 1977 | 2,869 | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 1,915 | −33.3% |
| 2002 | 2,008 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 1,873 | −6.7% |
| 2021 | 1,962 | +4.8% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Natives
[edit | edit source]- Marțian Negrea (1893–1973), composer and academic
See also
[edit | edit source]- Transylvanian Saxons
- Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
- List of castles in Sibiu County
Gallery
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View from the fortified church tower -
Street, with fortified church wall visible -
Fortified church of Motiș
References
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