Bran

Bran is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It lies at 30 km from the city of Brașov and is composed of 5 villages: Bran, Poarta, Predeluț, Șimon and Sohodol. The Teutonic Order started creation of a timber fort referred to as Dietrichstein inside the early thirteenth century. After the fortress's destruction in 1242 by Mongols, King Sigismund of Hungary ordered the development of a stone citadel in 1377, while the settlement of Bran commenced to expand nearby. Positioned high atop a steep cliff, the fort guarded a strategic alternate course among Transylvania and Wallachia. In 1498, Bran fell beneath the jurisdiction of Braşov.

After the Kingdom of Hungary changed into defeated by means of the Ottoman Empire, Bran have become part of the Principality of Transylvania in the course of the 16th century, and subsequently handed to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria. The commune became a part of the Austrian Empire in 1804 and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867. It changed into delivered to the Kingdom of Romania following World War I.