It was built by the Teutonic Knights, a sort of class of warrior monk crusaders, as a safe haven. It absolutely achieved that goal. It turned into a sovereign state for them, eventually housing ...

Parsley pesto? Beaver tails? Green chicken? Bogdan Gałązka, head chef at Malbork Castle, the biggest mediaeval castle in Europe, tells us all about the cuisine of the Teutonic Knights. Magdalena ...

Whether it was the Teutonic Knights on frozen Lake Peipus in 1242 A.D., the French fighting the Russians during a blizzard at Eylau in 1807, or the Western Front freezing during the winter of 1916 ...

And they would end up putting a stop to them too. The strongest players in the region were the German Order of the Teutonic Knights. They started in the Holy Land, but as Muslim resistance grew ...

Prince Roman the Great united the surrounding lands. The Teutonic knights called it the Principality of Ruthenia. At the height of his reign Roman was killed in an ambush.The Boyars seized this ...