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The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
The Deutschordenskirche (often shortened to Deutschorden) in Frankfurt am Main is a Roman-Catholic church in the district of Sachsenhausen.Unlike most historical churches in Frankfurt's city-center which are owned by the city of Frankfurt, [1] Deutschorden is property of the Teutonic Order which maintains it as part of its convent at Frankfurt.
The Teutonic Order in Franconia - representation in the museum SS 13 Maike Trentin-Meyer Die Geschichte des Deutschen Ordens im Museum The history of the Teutonic Order in the museum WS 13/14 PD Dr. Stefan Petersen Der Deutsche Orden in Franken The Teutonic Order in Franconia WS 14/15 Dr. Jörg Seiler: Der Deutsche Orden in der Neuzeit.
Winrich von Kniprode was born in 1310 in Monheim am Rhein near Cologne. He served as the Komtur of Danzig (1338–1341) and Balga (1341–1343). In 1341 he was promoted to the Grand Marshal. Winrich was elected Grand Master in 1351, and with his guidance The Teutonic Order enabled the Baltic Crusades to reach a moral peak. [2]
Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (died 1200), also known as Henry Walpot, was the first Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights serving from 1198 to sometime before 1208. [ 1 ] As little is known about him, information regarding the Grand Master is mostly based on historians' theories. [ 1 ]
The Teutonic Order initially planned to incorporate all of Lithuania into the Teutonic State, as it had with Prussia, but those plans faced strong Lithuanian resistance. [13] The Teutonic Order's principal objective was to conquer the Lithuanian lowland region, Samogitia, and build fortresses there to solidify their control.
The Church of the Teutonic Order (German: Deutschordenskirche), also known as the Church of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (German: Hl. Elisabeth von Ungarn), is the mother church of the Teutonic Order, [3] a German-based Roman Catholic religious order formed at the end of the 12th century. Located in Vienna, Austria, near the Stephansdom, it is ...
As the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after his heavy defeat against the Lithuanian Samogitians in the Battle of Schaulen (22 September 1236) in the year 1237 by arbitration of the Pope Gregory IX as Livonian Order was united with the Teutonic Knights, Dietrich von Grueningen should probably be in the same year Landmeister in Livland.