# Codlea

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City in Brașov County, Romania

Municipality in Brașov, Romania

Codlea Zeiden (German) Municipality Codlea seen from the hill Old German School Cultural House Museum of Traditions and Fortified Church of Codlea Coat of arms Location in Brașov County Codlea Location in Romania Coordinates: 45°41′49″N 25°26′38″E / 45.69694°N 25.44389°E / 45.69694; 25.44389 Country Romania County Brașov Government • Mayor (2024–2028) Paul-Mihai Cîmpeanu[2] (PSD) Area 132.79 km2 (51.27 sq mi) Elevation 561 m (1,841 ft) Population (2021-12-01)[1] 20,534 • Density 154.64/km2 (400.50/sq mi) Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST) Postal code 505100 Area code (+40) 02 68 Vehicle reg. BV Website www.primaria-codlea.ro

**Codlea** (Romanian pronunciation: [\[ˈkodle̯a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Romanian); [German](/source/German_language): *Zeiden*; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: *Zäöeden*; [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language): *Feketehalom*) is a [city](/source/Municipiu) in [Brașov County](/source/Bra%C8%99ov_County), [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania), [Romania](/source/Romania).

## Name

The [Romanian name](/source/Romanian_language) "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](/source/Slavic_languages) *kotlík* ("[kettle](/source/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*,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] an antiquated word for "beekeeper".[3]

## History

Măgura Codlei

During the 13th century, the [Teutonic Order](/source/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](/source/Transylvanian_Saxons). The fortified church in the city is the largest in the [Burzenland](/source/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](/source/Humid_continental_climate) (*Dfb* in the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification)).

Climate data for Codlea Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0.6 (33.1) 2.6 (36.7) 7.3 (45.1) 13.3 (55.9) 18.1 (64.6) 21.4 (70.5) 23.2 (73.8) 23.5 (74.3) 18.5 (65.3) 13.3 (55.9) 8.2 (46.8) 2.1 (35.8) 12.7 (54.8) Daily mean °C (°F) −3.8 (25.2) −2 (28) 2.4 (36.3) 8.2 (46.8) 13.3 (55.9) 16.9 (62.4) 18.7 (65.7) 18.7 (65.7) 13.9 (57.0) 8.4 (47.1) 3.8 (38.8) −1.9 (28.6) 8.1 (46.5) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.1 (17.4) −6.6 (20.1) −2.5 (27.5) 2.6 (36.7) 7.8 (46.0) 11.8 (53.2) 13.6 (56.5) 13.7 (56.7) 9.3 (48.7) 4.2 (39.6) 0.3 (32.5) −5.4 (22.3) 3.4 (38.1) Average precipitation mm (inches) 45 (1.8) 42 (1.7) 56 (2.2) 73 (2.9) 95 (3.7) 100 (3.9) 95 (3.7) 78 (3.1) 61 (2.4) 53 (2.1) 47 (1.9) 49 (1.9) 794 (31.3) 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](/source/2011_Romanian_census), 90.2% of inhabitants were [Romanians](/source/Romanians), 5.6% [Roma](/source/Roma_in_Romania), 2.8% [Hungarians](/source/Hungarians), and 1% [Germans](/source/Germans). As of 2002, 86.8% were [Romanian Orthodox](/source/Romanian_Orthodox), 3.7% [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic), 3.1% [Pentecostal](/source/Pentecostal_Union_of_Romania), 2.2% [Christian Evangelical](/source/Christian_Evangelical_Church_of_Romania), 1% [Evangelical Augustan Confession](/source/Evangelical_Church_of_Augustan_Confession_in_Romania), and 0.8% [Reformed](/source/Reformed_Church_of_Romania).

## Natives

- [Nicolae Florescu](/source/Nicolae_Florescu) (1949–2011), football player

- [Fritz Klein](/source/Fritz_Klein) (1888–1945), Nazi [SS](/source/Schutzstaffel) doctor hanged for war crimes

- [Doina Popescu](/source/Doina_Popescu) (1938–), volleyball player

- [Alexandru Zaharescu](/source/Alexandru_Zaharescu) (1961–), mathematician

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["2021 Romanian census"](https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-demografice/). National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Results of the 2024 local elections"](https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024v2/). Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 17 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Zeidler*](https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Zeidler), in [Duden](/source/Duden) Wörterbuch (online). Accessed 24 Oct 2023.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Codlea](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Codlea).

- [Codlea - Official site](https://web.archive.org/web/20110221234717/http://www.primariacodlea.ro/)

- [Codlea - *www.info-codlea*](https://web.archive.org/web/20020610052611/http://www.info-codlea.ro/)

- (in German) [Zeiden - site from Gert Liess](https://web.archive.org/web/20080925142731/http://www.zeiden.de.vu/)

- (in German) [*www.zeiden.de*](http://www.zeiden.de/)

- (in German) [*www.siebenbuerger.de*](http://www.siebenbuerger.de/ortschaften/zeiden/)

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