Codlea

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City in Brașov County, Romania

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::summary City in Brașov County, Romania ::

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Field	Value
type	municipality
county	Brașov
official_name	Codlea
other_name	de
image_shield	ROU BV Codlea CoA.jpg
image_skyline	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	300
image_style	infobox
perrow	1/2
caption_align	center
image1	Codlea de pe deal.jpg
caption1	Codlea seen from the hill
image2	Alte Deutsche Schule2.jpg
caption2	Old German School
image4	Muzeul Traditiilor si Biserica fortificata din Codlea.jpg
caption4	Museum of Traditions and Fortified Church of Codlea
image3	Kulturhaus in Zeiden.jpg
caption3	Cultural House
image_map	Codlea jud Brasov.jpg
map_caption	Location in Brașov County
leader_name	Paul-Mihai Cîmpeanu
leader_term	2024–2028
leader_party	PSD
coordinates
elevation	561
area_total	132.79
population_total	auto
postal_code	505100
area_code	(+40) 02 68
website
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| image2 = Alte Deutsche Schule2.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = Old German School

| image4 = Muzeul Traditiilor si Biserica fortificata din Codlea.jpg | alt4 = | caption4 = Museum of Traditions and Fortified Church of Codlea

Name

The Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin codella, a diminutive of Latin coda (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".

History

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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).

|location = Codlea |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan high C = 0.6 |Feb high C = 2.6 |Mar high C = 7.3 |Apr high C = 13.3 |May high C = 18.1 |Jun high C = 21.4 |Jul high C = 23.2 |Aug high C = 23.5 |Sep high C = 18.5 |Oct high C = 13.3 |Nov high C = 8.2 |Dec high C = 2.1 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -3.8 |Feb mean C = -2 |Mar mean C = 2.4 |Apr mean C = 8.2 |May mean C = 13.3 |Jun mean C = 16.9 |Jul mean C = 18.7 |Aug mean C = 18.7 |Sep mean C = 13.9 |Oct mean C = 8.4 |Nov mean C = 3.8 |Dec mean C = -1.9 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -8.1 |Feb low C = -6.6 |Mar low C = -2.5 |Apr low C = 2.6 |May low C = 7.8 |Jun low C = 11.8 |Jul low C = 13.6 |Aug low C = 13.7 |Sep low C = 9.3 |Oct low C = 4.2 |Nov low C = 0.3 |Dec low C = -5.4 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 45 |Feb precipitation mm = 42 |Mar precipitation mm = 56 |Apr precipitation mm = 73 |May precipitation mm = 95 |Jun precipitation mm = 100 |Jul precipitation mm = 95 |Aug precipitation mm = 78 |Sep precipitation mm = 61 |Oct precipitation mm = 53 |Nov precipitation mm = 47 |Dec precipitation mm = 49 |year precipitation = |date=May 2021|source=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/romania/brasov/codlea-15683/}}

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
Doina Popescu (1938–), volleyball player
Alexandru Zaharescu (1961–), mathematician

References

"Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
[https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Zeidler ''Zeidler''], in [[Duden]] Wörterbuch (online). Accessed 24 Oct 2023.

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