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The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, upon its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. [4] UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. [5]
The siege of Malbork took place between September 28, 1457 and August 5, 1460, during the Thirteen Years' War. The Teutonic Knights tried to regain the fortress (Ordensburg) of Malbork (or Marienburg ), which had been the capital of their state , but was captured by the Kingdom of Poland in June 1457.
The town was burned by the Teutonic Knights in 1410 before the siege of the castle by Poles, [5] however it remained under Teutonic control after the siege. In 1457, during the Thirteen Years' War , the castle was sold to Poland by Czech mercenaries of the Teutonic Knights, [ 5 ] and the Teutonic Order transferred its seat to Königsberg (now ...
The siege of Marienburg was an unsuccessful two-month siege of the castle in Marienburg (), the capital of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights.The joint Polish and Lithuanian forces, under command of King Władysław II Jagiełło and Grand Duke Vytautas, besieged the castle between 26 July and 19 September 1410 in a bid for complete conquest of Prussia after the great victory in the ...
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork: Pomerania: 1997 847; ii, iii, iv (cultural) Malbork Castle was built by the Teutonic Knights, a German Roman Catholic religious order of crusaders, after the seat of the Grand Master was moved to Malbork from Venice in 1309. The castle is a classic example of a medieval castle in Brick Gothic style. It ...
The situation of the Teutonic Order was changed by the defeat of King Casimir IV of Poland in the Battle of Chojnice on 18 September 1454. As a result of the battle, the Teutonic army, composed of mercenaries and coming from the west to relieve Malbork, gained open access to the Teutonic state, and the siege of Malbork was lifted. [8]
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.
Within the decade, the future of the Order, and its incessant and barbarous actions with Poland and the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Livonian peasants, [5] was debated at the Council of Constance (1415–1416). [6] In 1452, the Prussian Confederation asked the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III to mediate in their conflict with the Teutonic Order ...