Prejmer 5.23

Prejmer is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lunca Câlnicului, Prejmer and Stupinii Prejmerului . Located 18 km northeast of Brașov, the Olt River passes through the commune.At the 2011 census, 90.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 6.3% Roma, 1.9% Hungarians and 0.8% Germans.HistoryThe Teutonic Knights constructed the fortress Tartlau in 1212 - 1213 as part of their colonization of the Burzenland region. The town of Prejmer near the castle had begun development by 1225, and was the eastern-most settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons. Prejmer was repeatedly invaded throughout the Middle Ages by various groups, including the Mongols, Tatars, Hungarians, Ottoman Turks, Cossacks, and Moldavians. However, the castle was only captured once, by Gabriel Báthory in 1611. Most of Prejmer's German population fled the commune after the Romanian Revolution of 1989.