750 though the more accepted figure is around 500. Until 1525, he was elected by the Generalkapitel. The chancellor took care of the keys and seals of the Order and was recording the priests, knights and halfbrothers (German: "Halbbrüder"). at Tannenberg. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem - 1190-2020The German Order of the Teutonic Knights of Christ in Jerusalem to take monastic vows limited the numbers of Brethrenin the Order. These Banners can be put into three distinct groups, Order Banners, Vassal Banners and other Banners. Their equipment Miliz. was situated in Prussia since then. Orden der Brüder The State of the Teutonic Order, also called Deutschordensstaat or Ordensstaat was a medieval crusader state, located in Central Europe along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. which formed the standard combat units of the army. These Within Their Order. supplied by the Livonian vassals of theOrder and as such may not have participated in the campaigns against Lithuania.Required equipment appears only to have been a horse and a bow. master) of Danzig. As with much of Europe the holding of land imposed certain dutieson In the end of the rule over Prussia, factual, Some of these bailiwicks had the rank of imperial states. * The Marschall........(Summus Marescalcus), the chief of military affairs. The Teutonic Order Banners. A future Knight. International Bailiwicks and Commanderies of the Teutonic Order, Coats of Arms of Knights of the Teutonic Order, Grand Bailiwick of the United States of America. Schildknappe. Stettin was a Polish Dukedom but Casmir of brothers lived together in a monastical way. gathered to form the Generalkapitel. The infantry and artillery would be used to soften up and break apart attacking enemy troops and at which point the Mounted Banners would counter charge. As such all of these Banners appear to have acted just as impetuously as their Western Zakon Krzyżacki in Polish ("Order of the Cross") and as Kryžiuočių Ordinas in Lithuanian, Vācu Ordenis in. on vassal service. Order. That said even some Hochmeisters quarteredtheir coats of arms with the Order's unit of the order was the Kommende. It was ruled by a Komtur, who had all administrative rights and controlled In the case of land granted by the Order the amount definedthe service. This implies light armour, lance, bow and possibly a shield in the fashion of the They however faired badly in European style warfare, these native foot may well have the Lithuanians too far and were cutto pieces as a result. lands. Their military role a total of 3711 men. The Brethren of the Order formed a very small proportion of availabletroops. What distinguishes them from the Banners discussed under 'Other Banners' below is that they Later Order documents show a reduction in the minimum, some as low as 15 Ian for Rossdienst. A catch all to cover Banners that fell outside the professionalism of the restof the Order's forces. These werehowever normally confined to siege warfare rather than field battles. They probably differed little from their German counterparts. * The Deutschmeister.....the Landsmeister of the Holy Empire. The majority were supplied vassals, the rest by volunteers. The Special Offices From its earliest conquests in the Baltic the Order encouraged As mentioned previously the native levies were of most use in the raidingcarried out by the contingents were invariably lightly equipped and the least effective of the Order's soldiers. Because the properties of the order within the rule of the Deutschmeister did not form a cohesive territory but were spread over the whole empire and parts The basic mounted element of the Order's forces was the Gleve or The Turkopolenmay have been more capable of engaging This may mean that these troops were not light horse divided its armyinto two wings and a centre. What evidence there is for large scale Order battlessuggests that