Dornești German: Kriegsdorf Hungarian: Hadikfalva
Commune
Local church in Dornești
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Dornești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°52′N 26°1′E / 47.867°N 26.017°E / 47.867; 26.017
Country	Romania
County	Suceava
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	4,474
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SV

Dornești (German: Kriegsdorf, Hungarian: Hadikfalva, popularly also known in Romanian as Hadic, a shortened form of its Hungarian name) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dornești and Iaz. From 1786 to 1941, the village of Dornești was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. In the past, the commune was also inhabited by a German minority, more specifically Bukovina Germans (German: Bukowinadeutsche or Buchenlanddeutsche). Nowadays, the vast majority of the population are ethnic Romanians (approximately 90% of the commune's population according to the 2011 Romanian census).

History

As it is the case of other rural settlements from Suceava County, Dornești (Hungarian: Hadikfalva, German: Kriegsdorf) was previously inhabited by a small German community, more specifically by Bukovina Germans (German: Bukowinadetusche 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. However, the main ethnic group of the commune was that of the Székelys of Bukovina well into the times of the Kingdom of Romania.

At the 1930 Romanian census, the Székelys of Dornești accounted for the vast majority of the commune's population, more specifically for 91.9%. In stark contrast, both the Romanians and the Germans amounted to only 2.63% each. Other smaller ethnic groups registered at the time in the commune included Jews (1.72%) and Poles (0.93%). In addition, the vast majority of the inhabitants of Dornești were Roman Catholic.

Administration and local politics

Natives

• Damaschin Dorneanul - Vicar-Bishop of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți
• Tamás Menyhért - Hungarian writer

Gallery

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  Hadikfalva public school stamp for a Hungarian-language school in Dornești, issued during Austro-Hungarian times, with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hungary depicted in the middle
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  Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Dornești
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  Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Dornești
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  Dornești commune, Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania

References

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