Iacobeni, Sibiu

Iacobeni
—  Commune  —
Iacobeni
Coordinates: 46°1′N 24°48′E / 46.017°N 24.8°E / 46.017; 24.8
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Population (2002)[1]	2,665
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Iacobeni (German: Jakobsdorf; Hungarian: Jakabfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania.

Villages

St. Michael's Church in Movile

The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile (Hundertbücheln; Százhalom), Netuş, Noiştat and Stejărişu. Each of them has a fortified church.

Movile

Movile is a village noted for its medieval fortifications constructed by German immigrants at the behest of the Hungarian King in the 12th and 13th centuries.

In 1910 the population was 247 Saxons. Movile was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, when it was transferred to Romania. By 1992, all of the Germans had left and the population was made up of 347 ethnic Romanians.

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  Fortified church of Iacobeni village

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  Fortified church of Movile

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  Fortified church of Movile

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  Fortified church of Netuş village

References

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010

External links

• (Romanian)"Movile" information and photographs

Coordinates: 46°01′16″N 24°47′37″E / 46.0211111111°N 24.7936111111°E / 46.0211111111; 24.7936111111