State of the Teutonic Order
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The State of the Teutonic Order 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 13
The Battle of Grunwald (1410) marked the start of the decline of the State of the Teutonic Order, 19th century painting by Jan Matejko
The Polish–Teutonic peace treaty of 1466 made the Teutonic state a fief of the Kingdom of Poland
The Prussian Homage of 1525 established Ducal Prussia as a vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Poland, in place of the State of the Teutonic Order
Subdvisions of the Teutonic state in Prussia
Königsberg
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Königsberg was a German city established in the 13th century, which after the defeat of Nazi Germany became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. After the fall of the USSR,
State of the Teutonic Order
…of the Teutonic Order in 1422 Status Sovereign state (1230–1466) Fief (Prussia only) of the Polish Crown (1466–1525) Capital Marienburg (1308–1454) Königsberg (1454–1525) Common languages Middle Low German Middle High German, later Early New High German Old Prussian Medieval Latin Baltic languages Estonian…
Königsberg Castle before World War I; ruined in WWII, ruins demolished in 1968–1969 on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's orders
The 14th-century Königsberg Cathedral
The oldest seals of the three constituent towns of Königsberg: Altstadt (1360), Kneiphof (1383), and Löbenicht (1413)