Baptist church

The new building was finalised in 2006 and had a grand opening. It took about five years to complete. The financial and work burden was too much for the small and older membership. Donations were received from many benefactors. Some of the sons and daughters of the church living now abroad, in particular in USA were very generous. That is one of the reasons that the Romanian and USA flags are displayed side by side in the church.

Slavic Gospel association also helped with the building. This picture is on the SGA website and it was taken soon after the church opening.

More photos of the church can be found on Nelu’s blog, a native of Miheleu.

The Health Centre

Until early the end of 1970s and early 80s the village had a staffed health centre with a medical clinician. Since then the clinic in Lazareni had been serving the village.

Now the building which used to house the village clinic is derelict, with only horses and other domesticate animals finding refugee in it during hot summers or cold winters.

However in 2007 the mayor sought to locate a doctor in the village, but her efforts did not receive a good coverage from the regional press.

Water a precious comodity during summer

The people who live in the village get their water from the wells.

Most of the people have their own well, but not all the wells hold drinking water.

During hot and dry summer some of the wells dry up and people source water from village common wells.

Miheleu School

There is a primary school building in the village. Until 1976 classes from primary 1 to primary 8 were held there, since then only primary 1 to 4.

Miheleu school picture taken in 2007

Since 1976 primary 5 to 8 children are attending school in the nearby village of Carandeni.

Now, in 2008 there are very few children who attend the school (about 5 children).

Miheleu Town Hall

Miheleu is a small village in  Bihor the North West Romania. It is administrated from Lazareni. A while back, that is in the 1970s Miheleu was an administrative centre, but due to the nationalisation process the people moved away and the village lost its economic and administrative influence. Even in the 1980s there was still a small administrative office from where the local cooperative farm was run. Adject to the administrative office there was a town hall who was put to good use up untill the 1980s, when it become derelict.

Town Hall

The building is still there but now sporadically used.