Cârlibaba (german: Mariensee, Ludwigsdorf, or Kirlibaba; pl, Kirlibaba) is a commune located in

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical tow ...

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, northeastern

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. It is composed of six villages, namely: Cârlibaba (Veche; also the commune seat), Cârlibaba Nouă, Iedu (german: Jedt), Șesuri (german: Schessu), Țibău (german: Zibau), and Valea Stânei (german: Hüttenthal bei Mariensee).

Other names

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, Cârlibaba Veche is known as ''Mariensee'' whereas Cârlibaba Nouă is known as Ludwigsdorf.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, 85.3% of inhabitants were

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, 9%

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(more specifically

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and

Zipser Germans The Zipser Germans or Zipsers (german: Zipser, ro, Țipțeri, hu, Cipszer) are a German-speaking (specifically Zipser German-speaking) sub-ethnic group which developed in the Szepes County (german: Zips; sk, Spiš) of Upper Hungary—today mostly ...

), and 5.4%

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. 85.8% were

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and 13.1%

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. At the 2011 census, 89.05% of inhabitants were

, 5.07%

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(more specifically

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and

) and 4.08

. For the rest of 1.81% inhabitants, their ethnicity was registered as unknown. 84.8% were

and 12.17%

. For the rest of 1.81 inhabitants, their religious confession was registered as unknown.

Late modern period history

In the past, more specifically during the late

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and, implicitly, during the

Habsburg period The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

as well as, respectively, the Austro-Hungarian period, the commune was inhabited by a more sizable

community composed by

Zipser German Zipser German (German: Zipserisch, Zipserdeutsch, Hungarian: ''szepességi szász nyelv'' or ''cipszer nyelv'') is a Germanic dialect which developed in the Upper Zips region of what is now Slovakia among people who settled there from central G ...

mining colonists (part of the broader Bukovina German community of the Suceava County).

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 Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all ...

Gallery

File:Kirlibaba-evang.jpg, Evangelical Lutheran church File:Kirlibaba-kath.jpg, Roman Catholic church File:Casa de pe stanca - panoramio.jpg, The house on the rock ( ro, Casa de pe stâncă) File:Carlibaba01.jpg, Traditional Romanian houses File:Carlibaba02.jpg, Local horse-drawn cart File:RO SV Valea Stânei.JPG, Valea Stânei constituent village in August 2021 File:Lajosfalva und Kirlibaba (BildID 15716732).jpg, Cârlibaba during World War I File:Ort Kirlibaba (BildID 15665153).jpg, Cârlibaba in 1917 File:Kirlibaba Bukowina (BildID 15665174).jpg, Cârlibaba in 2017 File:Kirlibaba Bahnhof (BildID 15665181).jpg, The train station in Cârlibaba during World War I

References

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