Valea Viilor

Valea Viilor (colloquially Vorumloc; German: Wurmloch; Hungarian: Nagybaromlak) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,873 (as of 2011), 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.

Valea Viilor Wurmloch (German)
Commune
Valea Viilor centre
Coat of arms
Location in Sibiu County
Valea Viilor Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46.0831°N 24.2769°E / 46.0831; 24.2769
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Ilie Avram Pinte (PSD)
Area	44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi)
Elevation	331 m (1,086 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	1,962
• Density	44/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	557290
Area code	(+40) 02 69
Vehicle reg.	SB
Website	www.valea-viilor.ro

Motiș

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.^[2]

See also

• Transylvanian Saxons
• Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
• List of castles in Sibiu County

Gallery

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  Valea Viilor fortified church
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  View from the fortified church tower
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  Street, with fortified church wall visible
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  Fortified church of Motiș