An unusual discovery has been made beneath the now defunct, iconic ice cream parlour 'Teddy' in Gdańsk. It is the skeleton of ...

The castle was captured and destroyed during the Thirteen Years’ War, when the Teutonic Knights were eventually defeated by Poland and the Prussian Confederation.

The weapons date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, a time when the Teutonic Order was active in the region. The well-preserved items are now housed in a museum inside a former Teutonic castle ...

Thus, the Teutonic Knights living there had to relocate, and they moved to their new northern lands. The first settlement, made up of about seven hundred men, was established in the castle of Nessau, ...

Built by German Crusaders from the Teutonic Order on lands purchased in the 1220s, the castle was used by the knights for less than 50 years. The fortress fell to Mamluk troops from Egypt after a ...

The items are now housed in the museum facility, which is built inside a former Teutonic castle, officials said. Ostróda is in north-central Poland, about a 135-mile drive north from Warsaw.

The tour will last about an hour and will provide information and curiosities about the Teutonic Castle in Toruń. At 5:00 p.m., a unique lecture from the series "A Castle Full of History" will begin.

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Description This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved here from Venice. A ...