Codlea (; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Zäöeden; ) is a city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.
Name The Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin , a diminutive of Latin (edge, rearward); or it could be a derivation from the Slavic kotlík ("kettle"), as the Măgura Codlei (in this reading: "Kettle Hill") looks like a kettle. In Romanian, măgură means "large hill, mound, forest located on a high place".
The hill also provides the Hungarian name of the city, Feketehegy, "Black Hill".
The German name's origin is unknown, but there is a theory that it was derived from Zeidler, an antiquated word for "beekeeper".Zeidler, in Duden Wörterbuch (online). Accessed 24 Oct 2023.
History
During the 13th century, the Teutonic Order built a fortress known as Schwarzburg ("black castle") near the "Măgura Codlei". The castle's name was first noted in 1265 and was rebuilt for the last time in 1432 by the craftsmen's guild that worked in the town. The city of Codlea is believed to have been also founded by Germans. The fortified church in the city is the largest in the Burzenland historic region. Codlea was well known for its flowers and was called the city of flowers.
Climate Codlea has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Population 1510: 670 1814: 3,264 1849: 3,764 1890: 4,035 2,680 Germans (67%) 1,211 Romanians (30%) 44 Hungarians (1%) 100 Jews and others (2%) 1930: 5,219 3,111 Germans (60%) 1,916 Romanians (36%) 192 Hungarians (4%) 1941: 6,214 1966: 13,075 1977: 22,744 1982: 23,500 1992: 24,620 2002: 24,286 2011: 21,708 2021: 20,534
As of the 2011 census, 90.2% of inhabitants were Romanians, 5.6% Roma, 2.8% Hungarians, and 1% Germans. As of 2002, 86.8% were Romanian Orthodox, 3.7% Roman Catholic, 3.1% Pentecostal, 2.2% Christian Evangelical, 1% Evangelical Augustan Confession, and 0.8% Reformed.
Natives
Nicolae Florescu (1949–2011), football player Fritz Klein (1888–1945), Nazi SS doctor hanged for war crimes Dennis Politic (2000–), football player Doina Popescu (1938–), volleyball player Alexandru Zaharescu (1961–), mathematician
References
External links
Codlea - Official site Codlea - www.info-codlea Zeiden - site from Gert Liess www.zeiden.de www.siebenbuerger.de