Frătăuții Vechi

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Suceava

|name = Frătăuții Vechi

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|image_shield = ROU SV Fratautii Vechi CoA.png

|image_skyline = Primaria si Caminul Cultural Fratautii Vechi - panoramio.jpg

|image_caption = The town hall and cultural home of Frătăuții Vechi

|image_map = Fratautii Vechi jud Suceava.png

|map_caption = Location in Suceava County

|coordinates = {{coord|47|54|N|25|53|E|region:RO|display=it}}

|elevation = 405

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 35.89

|area_footnotes =

|population_as_of =

|population_total = auto

|population_footnotes =

|postal_code = 727255

|area_code = (+40) 0230

|website = {{URL|https://www.primariafratautiivechi.ro/}}

}}

Frătăuții Vechi ({{langx|de|link=no|Alt Fratautz, Alt-Frautautz, Alt-Deutsch-Fratautz}}){{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/477057726/Sophie-Welisch-Bukovina-Villages-Towns-Cities-and-Their-Germans-pdf|title=Sophie Welisch – Bukovina Villages/Towns/Cities and Their Germans|author=Sophie Welisch|work=Scribd|publisher=Bukovina Society of the Americas, Ellis, Kansas|date=1990|accessdate=5 October 2022}} is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages: namely Frătăuții Vechi and Măneuți ({{langx|hu|Andrásfalva}}).

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 ({{langx|de|link=no|Josephinische Siedlung}}).{{Cite journal| last = Welsch| first = Sophie A.| title = The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period: Settlement, Ethnic Interaction, Contributions| journal = Immigrants & Minorities| year = 1986| volume = 5| pages = 73–106| doi = 10.1080/02619288.1986.9974623| url = http://feefhs.org/journal/10/bukovina.pdf| access-date = 2015-04-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905181922/http://feefhs.org/journal/10/bukovina.pdf| archive-date = 2015-09-05| url-status = dead}}

History

{{Historical affiliations

| {{flag|Moldavia}} (1388–1775)

| {{flag|Habsburg Monarchy}} (1775–1804)

| {{flag|Austrian Empire}} (1804–1867)

| {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}, Cisleithania (1867–1918)

| {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} (1918–1947)

| {{flag|Romanian People's Republic}} (1947–1965)

| {{flag|Socialist Republic of Romania}} (1965–1989)

| {{flag|Romania}} (1989–present)

}}

As it is the case of other rural settlements from the countryside of Suceava County, Frătăuții Vechi (just like Frătăuții Noi for example) was previously inhabited by a sizeable German community, more specifically by Bukovina Germans ({{langx|de|link=no|Bukowinadeutsche or Buchenlanddeutsche}}) during the modern period up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the Habsburg period and, later on, the Austro-Hungarian period.

Administration and local politics

= Communal council =

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:{{Cite web|language=ro|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|format=Json|title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020|publisher=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|accessdate=2020-11-02|archive-date=2021-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006140301/https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|url-status=dead}}

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! style="background:#ccc" | Party

! style="background:#ccc" | Seats

! style="background:#ccc" colspan="7" | Current Council

| National Liberal Party (PNL)

| style="text-align: right" | 7

| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}

| Social Democratic Party (PSD)

| style="text-align: right" | 3

| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}

|

| Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL)

| style="text-align: right" | 2

| {{party color cell|Social Liberal Humanist Party}}

|

| PRO Romania (PRO)

| style="text-align: right" | 1

| {{party color cell|PRO Romania}}

|

| People's Movement Party (PMP)

| style="text-align: right" | 1

| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}}

|

| Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)

| style="text-align: right" | 1

| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}

|

Natives

Claudiu Isopescu (1894 – 1956), literary historian and translator
Dimitrie Isopescu (1839 – 1901) teacher and politician
Modest Isopescu (1895 – 1948), officer, administrator, and convicted war criminal
Petru Luhan (born 1977), politician
{{ill|Mihai Tatulici|ro}} (born 1948), journalist and writer

Gallery

File:Andrásfalva Gizella Sebestyén - Laslovarga.jpg|Măneuți, Hungarian/Székely village

File:Brutaria si Magazinul, "Every Day" - panoramio.jpg|The local bakery and "Every Day" shop

File:2007 Andrasfalva - Lalovarga (6).jpg|Măneuți in 2007

File:2007 Andrasfalva - Lalovarga (8).jpg|Székely gate in Măneuți

File:Centru Fratautii Vechi - panoramio.jpg|The center of Frătăuții Vechi

File:Scoala cu clasele I-VIII Nr. 1 Fratautii Vechi - panoramio.jpg|Local school in Frătăuții Vechi

File:Fratautii Vechi - panoramio (1).jpg|Frătăuții Vechi

File:Biserica evanghelica din Fratautii Vechi1.jpg|Lutheran church in Frătăuții Vechi

File:Biserica Sf. Mihail si Gavriil din Maneuti.jpg|Orthodox church in Măneuți

References

Category:Communes in Suceava County

Category:Localities in Southern Bukovina