The origin of the Military Order was the Crusades, its creation stems from the prominent participation of the Teutonic knights. This is a Military Religious Order which initially was known as the Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of St. Mary of Jerusalem.
The date of its inception in the year 1189, during the siege by the crusaders of the Christian stronghold of St John of Acre. After the victory of ACEDI and formed the fortress of Acre Hospital.

In the year 1198, the Knights met for the transformation of the Hospital of Acre on a religious-military.
Thus was born the name of the Teutonic Order, and appointed the first Master, who was Heinrich Walpot and what would be negligence to the habit prtarian knights belonging to the order, a white robe with a black cross.

The primary idea was to combine the ideals of hospital Order of St. John, with the military ideals of the Templars, being a noble cavalry force to defend the faith.

At the end of the Crusades, the knights of the Teutonic Order returned to their homelands but not dissolve the Order to fight the national musulamnes decided to continue his work and work in the evangelization of the territories east of Germany.

In the thirteenth century, penetrated into Transylvania, undertaking military campaigns that ended in failure, because they were expelled by King Andrew II of Hungary.

In 1310, the knights of the Teutonic Order began the occupation of Prussia, led by its III Grand Master, Herman von Salza.

The Order was directed almost exclusively to military purposes, and after the pacification of Prussia, moved to Livonia and Courland.

The Teutonic Order, arguing that although his actions were related to the defense of the faith, actually sought the Germanisation iban of the lands occupied and involved in the founding of new villages and they were inhabited by Germanic tribes.

In the years 1291, faded, San Juan de Acre in the Holy Land at the hands of Muslims, and the capital and seat of the Order of the Grand Master moved to Venice until 1309, after this year settles in Malborck .

In the fourteenth century, the Order reached its greatest expansion and possessions represented something akin to a monastic rule.

Had total possession of Pomerania and the port of Danzinger, had dominion over Estonia and occupied the island of Gotland.

The policy of this order was changed to combertirse on a policy of aggression against other states that wanted to Germanize and from the second half of the fourteenth century began the decline of the Teutonic Order.

After the union of Poland and Lithuania as the formation of a large military force, the Teutonic Order expancionstas saw their interests threatened, and when entering combat against this new force, the Order was defeated by King Ladislao II, in Poland the battle of Tannenberg so that by the end of the war for the peace of Torun 1466, the territories that had been in possession of the Teutonic Order went the domination of Poland.

  The year 1511 was elected its last Grand Master, Albert of Brademburgo and at this time when the order is left Catholicism to join up to the Protestant Reformation, the secular order, which will move to form a state composed of the hereditary possessions of the Hohenzollern.

Durnte recent years, the Teutonic Order became a regular army to serviciode ideal Pan-Germanist until it disappeared in the year 1525 the Order.

The organization comprised of the Teutonic Order of knights, who were in charge of military enterprises, the priests, and rites of spiritual faith and a kind of lay that were responsible for serving both men and priests.

Each of the houses, and convents of the Order, must be inhabited by a Commander, twelve men and six priests, besides a number of laymen. The Order directed the Grand Master and his position was for life.
Although decisions of the Grand Master were controlled by the provincial Masters (Achaia, Armenia, Apulia, Lombardy, Prussia, Livonia and Germania).