List of former Johanniter comers

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The branches of the Order of St. John in Central Europe before the Treaty of Kremmen (1318)

The Johanniter or Malta had numerous since the middle ages to come , in which members of religious orders lived. The coming ones served not least to finance the fight of the knights of the order against the Muslims.

As in other orders, the branches were grouped together in regional provinces - with the Johannites these were called (major) priories. These in turn were organized in the so-called tongues .

Some (large) priories were still divided into ballei .

German tongue

Grand Priory of Bohemia-Austria

Bohemia

Moravia

Silesia

Upper Lusatia

Archduchy of Austria

Stitch the Coming Mailberg

Inner Austria

Grand Priory of Germany

The Grand Priory was divided into eight Balleien (in alphabetical order): Brandenburg, Franconia, Cologne, Upper Germany, Thuringia, Utrecht, Westphalia and Wetterau. From 1428 the seat of the Grand Priory was the rule of Heitersheim in the Ballei of Upper Germany, from 1548 also the Imperial Principality.

Ballei Brandenburg

(Protestant since the Reformation)

Ballei Francs

Ballei Cologne

Bergisches Land
Lower Rhine
Rhineland

Ballei Upper Germany

Mainz
  • Coming Mainz , first mentioned in 1282
  • Coming Ober-Mossau (1253–1557)
Breisgau
Swabia
Alsace
  • Colmar , establishment of a hospice at the end of the 12th century, founded before 1234, in 1268 consecration of the church by Albert the Great . 1796 sale. Coming and Johanniterhaus received.
  • Dorlisheim (Château Saint Jean), first documentary Mentioned in 1217. In 1301 a chapter meeting of the Priory Germany took place there. Building destroyed as a result of the French revolution
  • Hagenau , St. Georg (Saint Georges)
  • Mulhouse , founded in 1220
  • Rheinau , founded in 1260. Membrum first from Dorlisheim, then from Strasbourg. Destroyed by the Rhine flood in 1398 or 1406
  • Sulz , founded around 1250. The commandery with the Johanniterkirche has been preserved
  • Schlettstadt , founded in 1260. Strasbourg memorial. The priory building from the 14th century and the “Ritterhof” from 1410 have been preserved
  • Strasbourg , founded in 1371 by Rulman Merswin on the island of Grünenwörth, buildings partially preserved; Seat of the École nationale d'administration
Lorraine
confederation
Map of the branches of the Knightly Orders in Switzerland in the Middle Ages
In the picture by D. Herrliberg around 1758 we can see Reiden's comming building. The inscription reads: “A funny seat belonging to the Order of Malta in Adelbode in the canton of Lucerne”. The picture shows the knight's house with the church. On the roof ridge sat a pointed turret decorated with the cross of the order.

Ballei Thuringia

Ballei Utrecht (Netherlands)

Westphalia

Ballei Wetterau

Grand Priory of Hungary

Grand Priory of Poland

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Grand Priory Dacia (Denmark)

Tongue of spain

Grand Priory of Portugal

Grand Priory of Amposta

  • Amposta , seat of the Grand Prior
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Grand Priory of Castile

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Grand Priory of Navarre

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Italian tongue

Grand Priory of Barletta

Grand Priory of Capua

Grand Priory of Sicily

Grand Priory of Rome

Grand Priory of Pisa

Grand Priory of Lombardy

Grand Priory of Venice

Tongue of Provence

Grand Priory of St. Gilles

Grand Priory of Toulouse

Auvergne tongue

Auvergne Grand Priory

French tongue

Grand Priory of France

  • Paris , seat of the Grand Prior 1179–1225, again from 1311
  • Corbeil , seat of the Grand Prior 1225–1311
  • Luxeuil-les-Bains , seat of the Grand Prior until 1246
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Grand Priory of Aquitaine

  • Poitiers , seat of the Grand Prior 1317
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Grand Priory of Champagne

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English tongue

Grand Priory of England

Grand Priory of Scotland

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Grand Priory of Ireland

See also

Portal: Order of Malta  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the Order of Malta

literature

  • E. Wiersum and A. Le Cosquino de Bussy: “Visitatie-Verslagen van de Johanniterkloosters in Nederland (1495, 1540, 1594)”. In: Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Hist. Genootschap. 48: 146-340 (1929).
  • Feliciano Novoa Portela / Carlos De Ayala Martínez (ed.): Order of knights in the Middle Ages . Theiss: Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-8062-1974-5
  • Sang-Joon Ahn / Georg Mölich (ed.): The Cologne Johanniterkommende Sankt Johann and Cordula in the late Middle Ages . SH-Verlag, Cologne 2006. ISBN 978-3-89498-169-3
  • Walter G. Rödel: The Grand Priory Germany of the Order of St. John in the transition from the Middle Ages to the Reformation on the basis of the general visitation reports of 1494/95 and 1540/41. Cologne 1966 (Phil. Diss. Mainz 1965). 2 verb. and exp. Cologne 1972 edition.
  • Rudolf Stampfuß and A. Triller: History of the City of Dinslaken 1273-1973 , Dinslaken 1973
  • H. Unkelbach: The beginnings of the Order of St. John in the Rhine Province , inaugural dissertation, Bonn 1926
  • A. Jux: The Johanniter-Kommende Herrenstrunden , Bergisch Gladbach (1955)

Individual evidence

  1. www.johanniterburg.de
  2. ^ Johanniterkommende Ober-Mossau, Mossautal community. Monasteries. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. www.johanniterburg.de