German Klausenburg Hungarian Kolozsvár
City (pop., 2002: 703,269), northwestern Romania.
Located in the Some 015F; ul Mic River valley on the site of an ancient town, Cluj was settled by Germans in the 12th century, became a thriving commercial and cultural centre, and in 1405 was declared a free town. It became the capital of Transylvania in the 16th century. In 1920 Transylvania was incorporated into Romania. In the mid-1970s the city was joined with neighboring Napoca. It is home to a university; its institute of speleology was the first in the world.