During the
Late Middle Ages, the
Transylvanian Saxon-inhabited village was sacked by the
Mongols during their
invasion of the
Kingdom of Hungary. After 1570, the settlement became part of the
Principality of Transylvania. Between 1711 (
Treaty of Szatmar) and 1918, Rodna was part of the
Habsburg monarchy, province of Transylvania; in
Transleithania after the
compromise of 1867. A post-office was opened in 1856, later named
Ó-Radna ("Old Rodna"). In 1876, the village became part of
Beszterce-Naszód County. In the aftermath of
World War I, the
Union of Transylvania with Romania was declared in December 1918. At the start of the
Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919, the locality passed under Romanian administration; after the
Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the
Kingdom of Romania. In 1925, Rodna became the seat of
Plasa Rodna in
Năsăud County. In August 1940, under the auspices of
Nazi Germany, which imposed the
Second Vienna Award,
Hungary retook the territory of
Northern Transylvania (which included Rodna) from Romania. Towards the end of
World War II, however, the commune was taken back from Hungarian and
German troops by Romanian and
Soviet forces in October 1944, and reverted to Năsăud County. In 1950, the commune became part of , while in 1952 it fell in the Năsăud
raion of
Cluj Region. In 1968, a new administrative law was adopted, and Rodna became part of Bistrița-Năsăud County. ==Natives==