24 km away from the city of Caransebes, you find Lindenfeld, a place that is now an abandoned village.
At a an altitude of 760 m, on the Semenic Massive, in 1828, a group of 36 families of German origin from Bohemia (Klattow) , called pemi, were brought here to protect the territory against the Turks.
They were very clean and industrious people ,who built their houses with great efforts. They used to work in the forestry field , their main tasks concerning cutting and replanting trees. In 1920 there were 202 inhabitants, while in 1998 the last one died.
The harsh winters and difficult access roads made them leave the place and move from here.
Nowadays, we find some ruins of what were their houses( still having things inside) and the church which was renovated by Helmuth Kierer, whose ancestors lived in Lindenfeld.
The cemetery is also in an advance state of degradation, most of the few remained crosses being fallen tot the ground. Curiously, the one single intact grave belongs to a girl, called Hilde who died at the age of 3. Apparently her father used to be an important man of the village and the girl died because of the lack of medial assistance.
The place itself is magic. These ruins leave space to many imaginary stories. The way that leads to it is so picturesque. A splendid choice for walking!
200 inhabitants has some impressive surroundings.
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