Hărman
commune in Brașov County, Romania
Hărman (German: Honigberg; Zåksesch: Hooentschprich; Hungarian: Szászhermány) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hărman and Podu Oltului (Vámoshíd). The commune is located some 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Brașov, in the Burzenland region of southeastern Transylvania.
Hărman was established and long inhabited mainly by Transylvanian Saxons.
At the 2011 census, Hărman had 5,402 inhabitants; 90.6% were Romanians, 4.7% Roma, 2.3% Hungarians, and 1.2% Germans. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 7,154; of those, 81.93% were Romanians, 1.94% Hungarians, and 1.22% Roma.
“Hărman” enters the record as commune in Brașov County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hărman, commune and Brașov can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Hărman” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Hărman, commune and Brașov provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1097253. VIAF identifies the subject as 247394994. Authority coordinates are 45.708, 25.686. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 2021.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Three-step research path
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This entry incorporates text from “Hărman” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.