The history of the castle begins in 1211 when the Teutonic Knights receive from Andrew II, the King of Hungary, the Land of Bârsa to build a fortress here defend the SE border of Transylvania.
In 1377, the Hungarian king Ludovic I of Anjou issued a document granting the inhabitants of Brașov the right to build a castle here.
On December 1st, 1920, the citizens of Brasov decide to donate the castle to Queen Maria, for the importance she had in the Great Union.
The queen arranged here the residence of the royal family, the architect being Karel Liman, the same who decorated the Peles castle.
In 1932, a hydroelectric power plant was set up on the Turcu creek, which would allow the castle to be illuminated, and the courtyard was transformed into an English park with two ponds and a Tea House.
After the death of Queen Maria, the castle is inherited by Princess Ileana, the Queen’s favorite daughter.
Since 1956 Bran Castle is a museum.
On May 18th, 2006, the castle was returned to the heirs of Princess Ileana, but only on June 1st, 2009, it became fully in the possession of Archduke Dominic, Archduchess Maria Magdalena, and Archduchess Elisabeta.
It must be said that Bram Stoker never visited Romania (he saw only an illustration of Bran Castle), and Vlad Ţepeş never owned this castle.
