Bran

Bran is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It lies at 30 km from the town of Brasov and consists of 5 villages: Bran, Poarta, Predelut, Simon and Sohodol. The medieval Bran Castle, which was as soon as besieged by means of Vlad the Impaler, is a popular traveler destination, partly because it resembles the home of Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel. The Teutonic Order began creation of a timber citadel known as Dietrichstein in the early 13th century.

After the citadel's destruction in 1242 with the aid of Mongols, King Sigismund of Hungary ordered the construction of a stone citadel in 1377, even as the agreement of Bran began to expand close by. Positioned excessive atop a steep cliff, the fortress guarded a strategic alternate path among Transylvania and Wallachia. In 1498, Bran fell below the jurisdiction of BraSov. After the Kingdom of Hungary turned into defeated through the Ottoman Empire, Bran have become a part of the Principality of Transylvania at some stage in the 16th century, and ultimately handed to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria.