Codlea (; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Zäöeden; ) is a city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. 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. Name The Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin *codella, diminutive from Latin coda ‘edge, rearward’ or it could be a derivation from the Slavic cotal ("kettle"), as the Măgura Codlei ("kettle hill") looks like a kettle. In Romanian, Măgura means 'big 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 ("beekeeper"). 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 As of 2011, 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 Fritz Klein (1888–1945), Nazi SS doctor hanged for war crimes 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 Populated places in Brașov County Castles of the Teutonic Knights Cities in Romania Localities in Transylvania Burzenland