Brassó County

Brassó County
*Comitatus Brassoviensis* (Latin)
*Brassó vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Kronstadt* (German)
*Comitatul Brașov* (Romanian)
Brassó County Comitatus Brassoviensis (Latin); Brassó vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Kronstadt (German); Comitatul Brașov (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
	Coat of arms
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Capital	Brassó
Area
• Coordinates	45°39′N 25°35′E / 45.650°N 25.583°E
• 1910	1,492 km2 (576 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	101,109
History
• Established	1876
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Today part of	Romania
	Brașov is the current name of the capital.

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 Brassó (Brașov in Romanian, Kronstadt in German).

Geography

Map of Brassó County, 1891.

Brassó County shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties of Fogaras, Nagy-Küküllő, and Háromszék. The river Olt formed part of its northern border. The ridge of the Southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 1,492 km² (576 sq mi) around 1910.

History

The Brassó/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, and was centered on the former Saxon seat of Kronstadt/Brașov. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian county of Brașov.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

Population by mother tongue^[a]
Census	Total	Hungarian	Romanian	German	Other or unknown
1880^[1]	83,929	23,948 (29.62%)	29,250 (36.18%)	26,579 (32.87%)	1,074 (1.33%)
1890^[2]	86,777	26,116 (30.10%)	31,106 (35.85%)	27,802 (32.04%)	1,753 (2.02%)
1900^[3]	95,565	31,191 (32.64%)	33,886 (35.46%)	29,415 (30.78%)	1,073 (1.12%)
1910^[4]	101,199	35,372 (34.95%)	35,091 (34.68%)	29,542 (29.19%)	1,194 (1.18%)

Population by religion^[b]
Census	Total	Lutheran	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholic	Calvinist	Jewish	Unitarian	Greek Catholic	Other or unknown
1880	83,929	39,407 (46.95%)	31,206 (37.18%)	8,541 (10.18%)	3,228 (3.85%)	679 (0.81%)	466 (0.56%)	356 (0.42%)	46 (0.05%)
1890	86,777	39,905 (45.99%)	31,579 (36.39%)	9,837 (11.34%)	3,489 (4.02%)	868 (1.00%)	521 (0.60%)	561 (0.65%)	17 (0.02%)
1900	95,565	42,082 (44.03%)	33,901 (35.47%)	10,675 (11.17%)	5,484 (5.74%)	1,291 (1.35%)	1,030 (1.08%)	1,075 (1.12%)	27 (0.03%)
1910	101,199	42,901 (42.39%)	35,585 (35.16%)	11,886 (11.75%)	6,854 (6.77%)	1,503 (1.49%)	1,441 (1.42%)	979 (0.97%)	50 (0.05%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Brassó County were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Alvidék	Földvár (now Feldioara)
Felvidék	Feketehalom (now Codlea) until 1894, then Brassó (now Brașov)
Hétfalu	Hosszúfalu (now Săcele)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Brassó (now Brașov)

Notes

^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.

[1] Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.

[6] Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

[2] "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

[3] "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.

[4] "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.

[5] "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.

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