Lie less, read more. (Romanian newspapers) Part1.

Day 1,652, 05:09 • Published in Hungary Hungary • by Mvhely

I've read it some romanian articles where i saw some (hmmm) "interesting" pictures and stories about they RL country.
After that I decided to write this article.

First. Why we are enemies in this game?
Check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrv0s-05NWY
(not made by hungarian 🙂 )

First romanian state was born at 03:12 (Wallachia)
Hungary become smaller at 11:01 when Romania of today born.

Now some facts about BRAN CASTLE(Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvár)



The most of the romanians say that was castle of Dracula. But the true:

History

In 1212, Teutonic Knights built the wooden castle of Dietrichstein as a fortified position in the Burzenland at the entrance to a mountain valley through which traders had travelled for more than a millennium, but in 1242 it was destroyed by the Mongols. The first documented mentioning of Bran Castle is the act issued by Louis I of Hungary on November 19, 1377, giving the Saxons of Kronstadt (Braşov) the privilege to build the stone citadel on their own expense and labor force; the settlement of Bran began to develop nearby. 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. It is believed the castle was briefly held by Mircea the Elder of Wallachia during whose period the customs point was established. The Wallachian ruler Vlad Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler) 1448-1476 does not seem to have had a significant role in the history of the fortress, although he passed several times through the Bran Gorge. Bran Castle belonged to the Magyar Kings but due to King Wladyslaw II’s failure to repay loans, the city of Brasov gained possession of the fortress in 1533. Bran played a militarily strategic role up to the mid-18th century.[2]

In 1920, the castle became a royal residence within the Kingdom of Romania. It became the favorite home and retreat of Queen Marie. The castle was inherited by her daughter Princess Ileana and was later seized by the communist regime with the expulsion of the royal family in 1948.

In 2005, the Romanian government passed a special law allowing restitution claims on properties illegally expropriated, such as Bran, and thus a year later the castle was awarded ownership to Dominic von Habsburg, the son and heir of Princess Ileana.

Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler)The name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula was inspired by Vlad's patronymic.
His father was a member of the Order of the Dragon (Dracul) which was founded to protect Christianity in Europe.
The Order of the Dragon (Latin Societas Draconistrarum) was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility,[1] founded in 1408 by Sigismund, King of Hungary (r. 1387-1437) and later Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437).

To be continued......

The informations from Wikipedia. Independent site.