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
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 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
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Hungarian Romanian German Other or unknown 1880 83,929 23,948 (29.62%) 29,250 (36.18%) 26,579 (32.87%) 1,074 (1.33%) 1890 86,777 26,116 (30.10%) 31,106 (35.85%) 27,802 (32.04%) 1,753 (2.02%) 1900 95,565 31,191 (32.64%) 33,886 (35.46%) 29,415 (30.78%) 1,073 (1.12%) 1910 101,199 35,372 (34.95%) 35,091 (34.68%) 29,542 (29.19%) 1,194 (1.18%)
+ Population by religion 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 AlvidékFöldvár (now Feldioara) FelvidékFeketehalom (now Codlea) until 1894, then Brassó (now Brașov) HétfaluHosszúfalu (now Săcele)Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) Brassó (now Brașov)
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