In 1438–1442, the castle was used in defense against the Ottoman Empire, and later became a customs post on the mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia.
The first documented mention of Bran Castle is the act issued by Louis I of Hungary on 19 November, 1377, giving the Saxons of Kronstadt (modern Brașov) the privilege to build the stone castle at their own expense and labour force the settlement of Bran began to develop nearby. A 1509 document confirms that the Törzburg county had once belonged to Commander Dietrich of the Teutonic Order. This Dietrich is the probable builder of the castle. "Dietrich's Stone", seems to have been derived from the Comthur (Commander) and regional Preceptor, frater Theodericus, mentioned in a 1212 document. The original name of the castle, Dietrichstein or lapis Theoderici in Latin, lit. This castle was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242. In 1212, the Teutonic Order built the wooden castle of Dietrichstein as a fortified position in the Burzenland at the entrance to a mountain pass through which traders had travelled for more than a millennium. History Wooden castle of the German Order
2.1.2 Connection to Bram Stoker's Dracula.
1.2 Stone castle of the Kronstadt Saxons.At the bottom of the hill is a small open-air museum exhibiting traditional Romanian peasant structures (cottages, barns, water-driven machinery, etc.) from the Bran region. Tourists can see the interior on their own or by a guided tour. The castle is now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional castle also bears no resemblance to Bran Castle. There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode of Wallachia, the putative inspiration for Dracula. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on road DN73.Ĭommonly known outside Transylvania as Dracula's Castle, it is often referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania. Bran Castle ( Romanian: Castelul Bran German: Schloss Bran Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov.
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