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The National Leadership of the Order - Landmeister. The order was divided in three national chapters, Prussia, Livland. and the territory of the Holy Roman Empire Highest officer of each. chapter was the Landmeister (country master).
The order was divided in three national chapters, Prussia, Livland and the territory of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The highest officer of each chapter was the Landmeister (country master). They were elected by the regional chapters.
The Teutonic order played an exceptionally important role in the history of the crusading movement and in the political, economic, and cultural development of northeastern Europe. It was an important part of the military orders in Medieval history.
Teutonic Order, or Teutonic Knights officially House of the Hospitallers of Saint Mary of the Teutons, Religious order important in eastern Europe in the late Middle Ages. Founded in 1189–90 to nurse the sick in Palestine during the Third Crusade, it was militarized in 1198 and given land in Jerusalem and Germany.
The Teutonic Order, more properly the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, is an ancient order of knighthood most associated with the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire.
State of the Teutonic Order. The State of the Teutonic Order ( Latin: Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) [a] was a theocratic state, located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia.
The Teutonic Order was founded in 1190 in Acre, 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.
