TEUTONIC ORDer

" Help - Defend - Heal " Helfen - Wehren - Heilen "

Deutscher Orden - German Order

Welcome to the Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order or in its full names: The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital In Jerusalem or The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary In Jerusalem, Latin: Ordo domus Sanctæ Mariæ Theutonicorum Hierosolymitanorum, German: Orden der Brüder vom Deutschen Haus der Heiligen Maria in Jerusalem, Deutschherrenorden or Deutschritterorden. The Teutonic Order looks back on a long and eventful history of more than 800 years. Initially established as hospital brotherhood near the seaport Acre in the Holy Land in the year 1190, during the third crusade, the Teutonic Order was transformed into both a chivalric and clerical Order of Knights in 1198 and has existed as such for more than 800 years. It is both a chivalric and clerical institution under Imperial and Papal law, in which the congregation of the Brothers and Sisters of the Teutonic Order and the institute of Knights and Associates are affiliated. In the prologue of Teutonic Order's Book it reads: "Real Knighthood does not only know the time-bound form of swordplay, which has passed; the actual composure of chivalrous men is rather expressed in their commitment for the Lord's Kingdom, for protecting the defenseless, for helping the maltreated, those beset, the condemned and those in need." It is the pronounced goal of the Knights, Brothers, Sisters and Marian Associates of the German Order to jointly implement this composure, abiding by the Order's motto "Helping, Defending and Healing". With this website we would like to provide you with some insight in our lives, our work, in our roots and spirituality, our past, but also the presence of the Teutonic Order - Deutscher Orden - German Order.
In the prologue of Teutonic Order's Book it reads: "Real Knighthood does not only know the time-bound form of swordplay, which has passed; the actual composure of chivalrous men is rather expressed in their commitment for the Lord's Kingdom, for protecting the defenseless, for helping the maltreated, those beset, the condemned and those in need. It is the pronounced goal of the Knights, Brothers, Sisters and Marian Associates of the German Order to jointly implement this composure, abiding by the Teutonic Order's motto: "Helping, Defending and Healing - Helfen, Wehren und Heilen"