It was built by the Teutonic Knights and German settlers in the period 1211-1225, on top of a hill (980 m) at the foot of Magura Codlea, the fortress took refuge role and supervision of commercial road that connected the province of Sibiu to Barsa, so called "road of Saxons".
Fortress lasted until 1345, when it was destroyed by fire during the Tartar invasion and was not rebuilt again.
