The order of the teutonic knights. From Akkon in the Outremer to the state of the german knights order in the Baltic. In 1190 citizens of the german cities Bremen and Luebeck founded a field-hospital for the pilgrims and crusaders near Akkon in Palestine. They cared for the sick and wounded. The monks called themselves "German Brothers of the church St. Mary of Jerusalem". In 1198 they became the Deutschritterorden or Deutschorden, the order of the teutonic knights. In the Holy Land the germans became the third most mighty knights order, but the templars and the order of St. John had still claimed most of the land for themselves. So the knights and german settlers conquered the land east of the river Oder along the baltic coast to the lake Peipus. In 1410 the knights were beaten at the battle of Tannenberg by polish knights and lost most of their territory.
Content: Origins and expansion of the Order Timeline Order structure and organisation What kind of men were they The Order in the Holy Land Crusade in the Baltic The Prussians and Lithuanians The Order's Cross The Order's Costume The members of the Order The Army of the Order The Horses of the Teutonic Order The Sword Other Weapons The Shield The Helmet The Armour The flags of the Order's army Towns and crusaders Mercenaries and Witings Tactics and fighting methods The lance or glefe Horn, whistles, heralds The siege system The camp The troop; field rations The medical service The Struthers - Christian buccaneers The scouts The couriers Monetary value, cost of living The Castle of the Order The ships of the order Other Orders of Knighthood in the Baltic; List of Sources
Rolf Fuhrmann Born 1957 in Gronau/Leine, living in Wilhelmshaven since 1996. Trained as a nurse, self-taught draughtsman. Since graduating from high school in 1976, he has worked mainly as a freelance artist and author, specialising in costume, uniform and military history. During the 1970s he worked as a freelancer for the editorial staff of Modell-Fan in the field of figures, in 1999 he started publishing the ROFUR-Flags flag series, since 2004 he has been a freelancer for the magazine Figuren International.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Fuhrmann, Rolf
Title
Der Deutschorden
Details
The book tells their story and shows armour, weapons and equipment in never seen before full coloured details on all 52 pages. German text.