 According to Radu Tempea's "Istoria besérecei Şchéilor Braşovului" manuscript of 1899, the Bulgarians arrived in Braşov in the late 14th century, more exactly 1392.Their arrival is linked to the reconstruction of the Black Church, which had been destroyed by the Tatars in the 13th century, the reconstruction beginning 1385.By the beginning of the 19th century, the Bulgarian population of Şcheii Braşovului had been gradually Romanianized.