Brassó County
| Brassó County Comitatul Braşov Brassó vármegye Komitat Kronstadt |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital | Brassó Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1876 | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | June 4, 1920 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 1,492 km2 (576 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 101,109 | |||
| Density | 67.8 /km2 (175.5 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Romania | ||||
| Braşov is the current name of the capital. | |||||
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Brassó was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Braşov (Romanian, Brassó in Hungarian, Kronstadt in German).
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Geography
Brassó county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Fogaras, Nagy-Küküllő and Háromszék. The river Olt forms part of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 1499 km² around 1910.
Demographics
In 1900, the county had a population of 95,565 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Romanian: 33,886 (35,5%)
- Hungarian: 31,191 (32,6%)
- German: 29,415 (30,8%)
- Slovak: 222 (0,2%)
- Serbian: 33 (0,0%)
- Croatian: 14 (0,0%)
- Ruthenian: 3 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 801 (0,8%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Lutheran: 42,082 (44,0%)
- Eastern Orthodox: 33,901 (35,5%)
- Roman Catholic: 10,675 (11,2%)
- Calvinist: 4,484 (5,7%)
- Jewish: 1,291 (1,4%)
- Greek Catholic: 1,075 (1,1%)
- Unitarian: 1,030 (1,1%)
- Other or unknown: 27 (0,0%)
In 1910, county had a population of 101,109 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Hungarian: 35,372 (35,0%)
- Romanian: 35,091 (34,7%)
- German: 29,542 (29,2%)
- Slovak: 184 (0,2%)
- Serbian: 22
- Croatian: 19
- Ruthenian: 18
- Other or unknown: 951 (0,9%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Eastern Orthodox: 42,901 (42,4%)
- Lutheran: 35,585 (35,2%)
- Roman Catholic: 11,886 (11,8%)
- Calvinist: 6,854 (6,8%)
- Jewish: 1,503 (1,5%)
- Unitarianist: 1,441 (1,4%)
- Greek Catholic: 979 (0,9%)
- Other or unknown: 50 (0,0%)
History
The Brassó or Kronstadt region was settled by German colonists since the 12th century. Brassó county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian county Braşov.
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Brassó county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Alvidék | Földvár, RO Feldioara |
| Felvidék | Brassó, RO Codlea |
| Hétfalus | Hosszúfalu, RO Săcele |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Brassó, RO Brașov | |
