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6 unusual facts about teutonic


Feudalism in England

Because feudalism was in its origin a Teutonic or Gothic system from northern Europe untouched by Roman civilization, it did not exist in ancient Rome, where the nearest equivalent was clientelism.

Karl Müllenhoff

Karl Viktor Müllenhoff (born September 8, 1818, in Marne, Duchy of Holstein; died February 19, 1884, in Berlin) was a German philologist and a student of Teutonic antiquities.

Problematische Naturen

For such a philosophy, there could be no better historical background than the Germany of 1848 and after, and Problematische Naturen with its sequel Durch Nacht zum Licht (1862), — although it squanders material for half a dozen novels, idealizes Teutonic morbidity, and forsakes art for tendency, — tells with remarkable vividness the story of the men and women who lived and thought and fought for freedom in Germany's day of hope.

Sedum acre

In Urglaawe, it is considered to be a sacred plant due to its association with the Teutonic god Dunner.

Tannenberg Memorial

The memorial was built in a prominent place in a shape reminiscent of the castles of the Teutonic Knights.

William Bruce Harvey

In June 1913, Isabella and William, along with three other siblings (Katie, Isabella and Jessie) sailed to Canada on the Teutonic and joined Robert and Mary in Ottawa.


Albert, Duke in Prussia

A member of the Brandenburg-Ansbach branch of the House of Hohenzollern, Albert's election as Grand Master had brought about hopes of a reversal of the declining fortune of the Teutonic Knights.

Arnold Fitz Thedmar

The family of his mother migrated to the Kingdom of England from Cologne in the reign of Henry II of England; his father, Thedmar by name, was a citizen of Bremen who had been attracted to London by the privileges which the Plantagenets conferred upon the Teutonic Hanse.

Battle of Löbau

Pagan Prussians rose against their conquerors, who tried to convert them to Christianity, after Lithuanians and Samogitians soundly defeated the joint forces of the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order in the Battle of Durbe in 1260.

Battle of Płowce

On 27 September 1331, one-third of the Teutonic Order's force of knights under Dietrich von Altenburg left the blockaded peasant town of Płowce.

Battle of Pokarwis

After Lithuanians and Samogitians soundly defeated the joint forces of the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order in the Battle of Durbe in 1260, the Prussians rose against their conquerors once again.

Bobrowniki castle

Bobrowniki castle was erected at the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, after the purchase of Bobrowniki village by the Teutonic Knights in 1392, possibly as an extention of an earlier fortress.

Bolko V the Hussite

The dispute only ended in 1452 during the Polish Sejm in Piotrków, where Bolko V even offered the Polish King Casimir IV financial assistance for a war against the Teutonic Order in exchange for the district of Wieluń as a lien (the proposal wasn't accepted).

Builders' rites

Grimm (Teutonic Mythology (1883–1884), (trans. Stalleybrass).

Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein

Despite the fact he was not associated with influential people within the Teutonic Order and lacked political experience, Zöllner was chosen Grand Master in 1382 after the death of Winrich von Kniprode, the previous Grand Master.

Cronberg

Walter von Cronberg (1477 or 1479 – 1545), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

Deutschhaus Mainz

Since he was at the same time Hochmeister of the Teutonic Knights, he built the Deutschhaus as his second residence for representative purposes in his duties as Hochmeister in the immediate neighborhood of the Electoral Palace, his other residence.

Dzierzgoń

In 1247, a castle known as Neu Christburg (German for "New Castle of Christ") was founded overlooking the Sorge River (Dzierzgoń), a few kilometers away from an older fortress known as Alt Christburg (Stary Dzierzgoń) by Teutonic Knights brought to Poland by Konrad Mazowiecki.

Erik Dahlbergh

The German influence reveals itself in his work; adopting the Teutonic theme of glorification to Sweden's leaders, cities and peoples.

Erlichshausen

Konrad von Erlichshausen (died 7 November 1449 ) was the 30th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1410 – 1467) was the 31st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

Feliks Sypniewski

It is worth to mention that even though most of Sypniewski clan (the ancestors of Feliks Sypniewski) and their estates were located within State of the Teutonic Order at that time, they have supported Polish-Lithuanian King Jagiello and took active part in this battle against Teutonic Order.

Furor Teutonicus

Furor Teutonicus ("Teutonic Fury") is a Latin phrase referring to the proverbial ferocity of the Teutones, or more generally the Germanic tribes of the Roman Empire period.

Gottfried von Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe was regarded as passive concerning further involvement of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and Livonia, as well as not having listened to requests made by these provinces.

Gvardeyskoye

After the secularization of the Teutonic Knights in 1525 the village became part of the Duchy of Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.

Hups

Hubert as a first name it is most commonly explained from Teutonic combining the elements Mind (Hu) + Bright (Bert).

Kamyanyets

In 1366, it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in 1376 it was burnt by Teutonic Crusaders but rapidly rebuilt.

Karl Münchinger

Stylistically Münchinger's approach with his orchestra was rather similar to those of his somewhat younger contemporaries Raymond Leppard, Sir Neville Marriner, Claudio Scimone, and the above-mentioned Paillard, though displaying an extra element of tonal solidity (not to mention a fierce rigor during rehearsals as well as performances) which might be thought of as Teutonic.

Land of Słupsk-Sławno

In the Treaty of Soldin of 13 September 1309, the Margraves of Brandenburg sold the part of Pomerelia east of the Łeba River to the Teutonic Order.

Livonian Brothers of the Sword

The order is featured in Medieval II: Total War, available as an infantry unit of the Teutonic Order.

Mikołaj Trąba

Eventually Martin condemned some of the more vocal and "anti-Polish" declarations of the Teutonic Knights, particularly that of Johannes Falkenberg.

Nemirseta

In the course of the Protestant Reformation, the Teutonic State in 1525 dissolved and the Nemirseta area became the northernmost outpost of secularized Duchy of Prussia, from 1618 of united Brandenburg-Prussia under the Lutheran House of Hohenzollern.

Prince-Provost

1694 - 1732 Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, also Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and Prince-Bishop of Worms, Elector and Archbishop of Trier from 1716 and of Mainz from 1729

Prussian Union

The Prussian Confederation, a league of cities formed in 1440 to resist taxes levied by the Teutonic Order

Remini

Golden Bull of Rimini - a non-Papal decree in 1225 by Frederic II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, assigning conquest & Christianization of the Preuss on the Baltic coast to the Order of Teutonic Knights

Rothenstein

Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein (died 20 August 1390), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1382 to 1390.

Švitrigaila

In January 1402, instead of traveling to the wedding of Jogaila and Anna of Cilli, Švitrigaila, disguised as a merchant, traveled to Marienburg, the capital of the Teutonic Knights.

Teutobochus

After the finding of the bones, the legend of the king Teutobochus, which was thought to be the Teuton king defeated by Caius Marius, spread despite analysis by anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger, who ascribed the bones to one of Hannibal's elephants.

Teutonic Knights in popular culture

The Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir used the story of the Teutonic Knights for the music video of their single "The Serpentine Offering".

The Teutonic Knights are featured in a variety of historically-themed computer games, including Medieval: Total War, Medieval II: Total War, in which the Order is equaled with the Templars and the Knights of Saint John in power.

Tiger Fangs

Buck and his associates, J. Farrell MacDonald, Duncan Renaldo and June Duprez, thwart the Teutonic malefactors: the villainous Nazi Dr. Lang (Arno Frey) and his portly accomplice Henry Gratz (Dan Seymour).

Visby

In 1409 Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen of the Teutonic Knights guaranteed peace with the Kalmar Union of Scandinavia by selling the island of Gotland to Queen Margaret of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Von Plötzke

Heinrich von Plötzke (also Henry of Płock, d. 1320), Land Master of Teutonic Prussia (1307–1309), Prussian Grand Commander (1309-1312) and then till 1320 Marshall of the Order of the Teutonic Knights.

Wagnerian rock

The word is sometimes used rather ambiguously in rock writing, referring to such things as bombast, Teutonic style or fantasy lyrics.

Wiewiórki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Eichhorn has been founded by German settlers throughout the Ostsiedlung in the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights and was first mentioned in 1414, when the settlement was damaged by Polish troops in the Polish-Teutonic Hunger War.


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