During the Third Crusade German pilgrims from Bremen and Lubeck with the Duke of Holstein established a temporary hospital under the besieged walls of Acre this was a large tent, constructed from the sails of their ships, in which the sick of their country were received (1190). John, was broken up at the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin (1187). But this establishment, which was under the jurisdiction of the Grand Master of St. (I) There was already a Teutonic hospital for pilgrims from Germany in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, with a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, who is still the patroness of the order and after whom the name Mariani is sometimes given to its members. A Protestant branch likewise subsists in Holland.
These residences, marking as many stages in its development, are: (I) Accon ( Acre), its cradle in Palestine (1190-1309) (2) Marienburg, Prussia, the center of its temporal domination as a military principality (1309-1525) (3) Mergentheim in Franconia, which inherited its diminished possessions after the loss of Prussia (1525-1805) (4) finally, Vienna in Austria, where the order has gathered the remains of its revenues and survives as a purely hospital order. John, which changed its residence as often as the latter. Teutonic Order, a medieval military order modeled on the Hospitallers of St.
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