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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.
Extent of the Teutonic Order in 1410. A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights.
Through Bernhard Koerner, Stauff and Brockhusen, the order became imbued with the occult-nationalist ideas of List. [9] Influenced by List's Ariosophy, it adopted a swastika superimposed on a cross as its symbol in 1916. [10] The rituals of the order were influenced by theories about the Aryan race, Freemasonry and the operas of Richard Wagner ...
The Teutonic Order's annexation and possession of Gdańsk (Danzig) and the surrounding region was consistently disputed by the Polish kings Władysław I and Casimir III the Great – claims that led to the Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) and, eventually, lawsuits in the papal court in 1320 and 1333, which ruled in favor of Poland, however ...
The Teutonic Order was founded as a hospital brotherhood in 1190 in Acre, Israel. In 1198, the Order became a religious military order of chivalry. However, since 1929 it has been a purely religious order of priests, brothers and sisters, with a category of 12 honorary knights and an unlimited number of associates, known as Marianer.
Black Cross (Teutonic Order), heraldic insignia of the Teutonic order (since 1205) Black Cross (Germany), military emblem of Prussia and Germany, derived from the cross used by the Teutonic order; Anarchist Black Cross, an anarchist support organization; Black Cross Navigation and Trading Company, the successor of the Black Star Line
A sample of variants of the cross pattée Image Description With the edges of the arms concave throughout. Best known for its use as the Iron Cross, based on the Leechkirche [] of the Teutonic Order (), used as a symbol of the German Empire that was present in its War Ensign and war materiel, including on Luftstreitkräfte aircraft until April 1918 when the Balkenkreuz was introduced.
Naval ensign of the State of the Teutonic Order: 1650–1694: Naval ensign of the Brandenburg Navy: 15th century: War flag of the Holy Roman Empire: Red swords crossed on top of one another on a field. The top of the field is black and the bottom of the field is white. 15th century: War flag of the Holy Roman Empire