The Teutonic Knights, under the leadership of…

1211 CE

The Teutonic Knights, under the leadership of the grand master Hermann von Salza, begin transferring their main center of activity from the Holy Land to eastern Europe.

The order's first European enterprise starts in Hungary in 1211, when King Andrew II invites a group of the Teutonic Knights to protect his Transylvanian borderland against the Cumans by colonizing it and by converting its people to Christianity.

The Knights establish Kronstadt (modern Brasov), a city in the region of present central Romania on the northern slope of the Transylvanian Alps, in 1211.

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Brasov Brasov Romania View →

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Andrew II of Hungary View → Hermann von Salza View →

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Polytheism (“paganism”) View → Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians) View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of View → Saxons, Transylvanian View → Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem) View →

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Crusades, The View → Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View → Movements View →

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