The Hochmeister (German: high master) was the holder of the supreme office, equivalent to a Superior general in a non-military religious order, of the Teutonic Order. This title was only used in the Teutonic Order. The typical title of the supreme head in various orders of knighthood is Grand Master (Großmeister). A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order of congregation. ... Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... A title is a prefix or suffix added to a persons name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. ... Grand Master is the typical title of the supreme head of various military orders of knighthood, a type of religious order including the Knights Templar, a class of sectarian order such as the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Orange Order, but who in the case of a sovereign order such...

An early version of the full title in Latin was "Magister Hospitalis Sancte Marie Alemannorum Jerosolimitani". Since 1216, the full title Magister Hospitalis Domus Sancte Marie Theutonicorum Jerosolimitani ("Master of the Hospital House of St. Mary of the Germans at Jerusalem") was used. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Alamanni, Allemanni or Alemanni, are a Germanic tribe, first mentioned by Dio Cassius, under the year 213. ... This entry is about the Teutonic people, not to be confused with the Teutonic Knights. ...

The historically most significant time were the Knights' Northern Crusades in the Baltic and their -in fact highly militarized- Monastic State of the Teutonic Order (Ordenstaat) which lasted for nearly 300 years until 1525. The Teutonic knights in Pskov in 1240. ... The Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (German: ) was formed during the Teutonic Knights conquest of Prussia and the still pagan Baltic Prussians in the 13th century. ...

From 1530-1929 the leader of the Teutonic Order was known as the Hoch- und Deutschmeister after the combining of the titles Hochmeister and Deutschmeister by Emperor Charles V; for centuries the "Jägerregiment Wien" of the Military of Austria was known as the "Hoch und Deutschmeister Regiment". Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Aragon and Castile. ... The name of the Military of Austria is Bundesheer (Federal Army). For a short while between 1918 and 1921 the Austrian semi-regular army was called Volkswehr (peoples defence), fighting against Slovenian occupation forces in Carinthia. ...

List of Hochmeisters of the Teutonic Order

Coat of Arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x908, 176 KB) Piotr Jaworski; PioM EN DE PL 01:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC); POLAND/PoznaÅ„; Coat of Arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order of Our Lady of Jerusalem (DE: Deutscher Orden, PL: Krzyżacy). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x908, 176 KB) Piotr Jaworski; PioM EN DE PL 01:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC); POLAND/PoznaÅ„; Coat of Arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order of Our Lady of Jerusalem (DE: Deutscher Orden, PL: Krzyżacy). ...

Hochmeisters of the early Brotherhood 1190 - 1198

The Teutonic Order as a hospice brotherhood in the Holy Land: Palliative care (from Latin palliare, to cloak) is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of the symptoms of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. ... The phrase The Holy Land (Arabic الأرض المقدسة, al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah; Hebrew ארץ הקודש: Standard Hebrew Éreẓ haQodeš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÉreṣ haqQāḏēš; Latin Terra Sancta) generally refers to Israel, otherwise known as Palestine (sometimes including Jordan, Syria and parts of Egypt). ...

• 1190-1192 Meister Sibrand
• 1192-1193/4 Gerard
• 1193/4-1195 Heinrich, prior
• 1195-1196 Ulrich
• 1196-1198 Heinrich, preceptor (probably identified with Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim)

Events March 16 - Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150-500 Jews in Cliffords Tower June 10 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. ... // Events The Third Crusade ends in disaster. ... Events Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants. ... Events Priory of St Marys, Bushmead, founded. ... Prior is a Latin adjective, meaning coming before, as earlier (as in a priori, regardless what comes next). ... Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. ... A Preceptor is a teacher responsible to uphold a certain law or tradition, a precept. ...

Hochmeisters of the Order 1198 - 1525

The Teutonic Order as a spiritual military order: A military order is a Christian order of knighthood that is founded for crusading, i. ...

• 1198–1200 Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim
• 1200–1206 Otto von Kerpen
• 1206–1209 Heinrich von Tunna
• 1209–1239 Hermann von Salza
• 1239–1240 Konrad von Thüringen
• 1241–1244 Gerhard von Malberg
• 1244–1249 Heinrich von Hohenlohe
• 1249–1252 Günther von Wüllersleben
• 1252–1257 Poppo von Osterna
  • 1253 - ? Wilhelm von Urenbach - chosen in opposition to Poppo von Osterna
• 1257–1274 Hanno von Sangershausen
• 1274–1283 Hartmann von Heldrungen
• 1283–1290 Burkhard von Schwanden
• 1290–1297 Konrad von Feuchtwangen
• 1297–1302 Gottfried von Hohenlohe
• 1302–1310 Siegfried von Feuchtwangen
• 1311–1324 Karl Bessart von Trier
• 1324–1330 Werner von Orseln
• 1331–1335 Luther von Braunschweig, aka Lothar
• 1335–1341 Dietrich von Altenburg
• 1342–1345 Ludolf König von Wattzau
• 1345–1351 Heinrich Dusemer von Arfberg
• 1351–1382 Winrich von Kniprode
• 1382–1390 Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein
• 1391–1393 Konrad von Wallenrode
• 1393–1407 Konrad von Jungingen
• 1407–1410 Ulrich von Jungingen
• 1410–1413 Heinrich von Plauen
• 1414–1422 Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg
• 1423–1440 Paul von Rusdorf website
• 1441–1449 Konrad von Erlichshausen
• 1450–1467 Ludwig von Erlichshausen
• 1467–1470 Heinrich Reuß von Plauen
• 1470–1477 Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg
• 1477–1489 Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen
• 1489–1497 Johann von Tiefen
• 1497–1510 Friedrich of Saxony
• 1510–1525 Albrecht Hohenzollern von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert converted to Lutheranism and turned the Ordenstaat into secular, Lutheran Ducal Prussia. Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan January 8 - Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, crowned King of Sicily Births August 24 - Alexander II of Scotland (d. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France The Kanem-Bornu Empire was established in northern Africa around the year 1200 Mongol victory over Northern China — 30,000,000 killed Births Al-Abhari, Persian philosopher and mathematician (died 1265) Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German nobleman and poet (died... Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ... Otto von Kerpen was the second Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order, from 1200 to 1206. ... Events Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209-1218) the Franciscans are founded. ... // Events Births June 17 - King Edward I of England (died 1307) December 17 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (died 1256) Peter III of Aragon (died 1285) John II, Duke of Brittany (died 1305) Ippen, Japanese monk (died 1289) Deaths March 3 - Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1187) March... Hermann of Salza (c. ... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Events April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar, in the battle of Liegnitz April 27 - Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary in the battle of Sajo. ... This article is about the year 1244. ... Gerhard von Malberg was the sixth Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order, from 1241 to 1244. ... Events University, the first College at Oxford founded Births Emperor Kameyama of Japan Pope John XXII Frederick I, Margrave of Baden Deaths July 6 - Alexander II of Scotland (b. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Günther von Wüllersleben (died on the 3rd or 4th of May, 1252 in Acre) was the eight Grand Master of the Teutonic Order between 1249 and 1252. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Poppo von Osterna was the ninth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order between 1252 and 1257. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ... Hanno von Sangershausen was the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1257–1274. ... 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Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... Events Miracle of the Host Births October 31 - King Fernando I of Portugal (died 1383) Agnès of Valois, daughter of John II of France (died 1349) Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (died 1405) Deaths April 14 - Richard Aungerville, English writer and bishop (born 1287) September 16 - John IV, Duke of... Events End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation. ... 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Konrad von Jungingen (born 1355 in Swabia - died 30 March 1407 in Marienburg) was the 25th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1393 to 1407. ... Events July 15 – Battle of Grunwald (a. ... Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 - July 15, 1410) was, since 1407, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. ... // Events March 20 - Henry V becomes King of England Project of Annals of Joseon Dynasty began. ... Heinrich V von Plauen (born circa 1370 in Lochstädt, near Königsberg - died 1429 in Lochstädt) was the 27th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. ... // Events Council of Constance begins. ... Events January 10 - Battle of Nemecky Brod during the Hussite Wars. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... This page is about the year 1441. ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... Events March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Friedrich of Saxony (Torgau 26 October 1473 - Rochlitz 14 December 1510) was the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... Albert (May 16, 1490 - March 20, 1568), (Albertus in Latin, Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg in German) Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and first duke of Ducal Prussia, was the third son of Frederick of Hohenzollern, prince of Ansbach and Bayreuth, and Sophia, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiello Grand Duke... The Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (German: ) was formed during the Teutonic Knights conquest of Prussia and the still pagan Baltic Prussians in the 13th century. ... 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Hoch- und Deutschmeister 1530 - 1929

The Teutonic Order was still a spiritual military order, but had lost control over their former state in Prussia though. Due to being limited to their possessions in other parts of Germany, which were led by the Deutschmeister, both titles were combined

• 1527–1543 Walter von Cronberg (during his term the title Deutschmeister was merged in)
• Wolfgang Schutzbar 1543–1566
• Georg Hundt von Weckheim 1566–1572
• Heinrich von Bobenhausen 1572–1590
• Maximilian of Austria Habsburg 1590–1618
• Karl I of Austria 1619–1624
• Johann Eustach von Westernach 1625–1627
• Johann Kaspar von Stadion 1627–1641
• Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria 1641–1662
• Karl Josef of Austria 1662–1664
• Johann Caspar von Ampringen 1664–1684
• Ludwig Anton of Palatinate–Neuburg 1685–1694
• Ludwig Franz of Palatinate–Neuburg 1694–1732
• Clemens August of Bavaria 1732–1761
• Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine 1761–1780
• Maximilian Franz of Austria 1780–1801
• Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria 1801–1804
• Anton Viktor of Austria 1804–1835 (office becomes hereditary to Imperial House of Austria)
• Maximilian of Austria–Este 1835–1863
• Wilhelm Franz Karl of Austria 1863–1894
• Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard of Austria 1894–1923 (end of hereditary status)
• Dr. Norbert Klein 1923–1933

Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... // Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Archduke Maximilian III of Austria, also known as Maximilian the Deutschmeister (born October 12, 1558 in Wiener Neustadt; died November 2, 1618 in Vienna) was the third son of Emperor Maximilian II. From 1585 onwards, he was the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and administrator of Prussia. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Archduke Leopold-William of Habsburg (Wiener Neustadt January 5, 1614 -Vienna November 20, 1662), was a Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, a military commander and a patron of the arts. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (December 12, 1712 – July 4, 1780) was the son of Leopold Joseph, Duke of Lorraine. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria (30 July 1833 - 19 May 1896) was the father of Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose shooting occasioned the start of World War I. He was born at Schönbrunn in Vienna, the son of Franz Karl Josef of Austria (1802-1878) and his wife Sophie... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This is a list of margraves, dukes, archdukes, and emperors of Austria. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1929 - present-day

Time of the Teutonic Order as a clerical Roman Catholic religious order Catholic religious orders are organizations of laity and clergy in the Roman Catholic Church who live under a common rule. ...

• Dr. Norbert Klein 1923–1933
• Paul Heider 1933–1936
• Robert Schälzky 1936–1948
• Dr. Marian Tumler 1948–1970
• Ildefons Pauler 1970–1988
• Dr. Arnold Othmar Wieland 1988–2000
• Dr. Bruno Platter 2000–present

1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1948-1970 ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr Arnold Othmar Wieland was born in 1911 in Turin, Italy. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Bruno Platter, Th. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• List on order's homepage in Germany (German)
• List on order's homepage in Austria (German)