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Mighindoala

Romania / Sibiu / Mihaileni /
 village, ghost town

Mighindoala (in the Saxon dialect Ängenduel, Mon'enduel, in German Engental, Engeltal, Ingental, in Hungarian Ingodály) is a village in Șeica Mare commune in Sibiu county, Transylvania, Romania.
The village is mentioned for the first time in 1381 under the German name Engental (Narrow Valley).

At the 1930 census 225 inhabitants were registered, of which 155 Romanians, 66 Germans and 4 Hungarians. The denominational population consisted of 147 Greek Catholics, 66 Lutherans, 8 Orthodox and 4 Roman Catholics.

In 1975 the village had over 50 houses. Following the departure of the Transylvanian saxons and some landslides, the village depopulated.
In 1990, 6 families lived in Mighindoala (about 20 inhabitants, of which 8 Saxons and the rest Romanian)
In 2004 there were only 4 permanent inhabitants and about only 10 buildings still standing. Among them was the evangelical/lutheran church. The Greek-Catholic church no longer had a roof and was crushed by vegetation.
In 2010 there were permanently 2 inhabitants.
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Coordinates:   45°59'57"N   24°16'42"E
This article was last modified 4 years ago