Malbork Castle was built in the 13th century by the Teutonic Order, a German Catholic military order. The castle comprises three main sections: the High Castle, Middle Castle, and Lower Castle ...

The Teutonic Knights cleared vast forests and drained marshlands ... along with fifteen hundred villages and sixty castles). The native Prussians were relegated to the status of serfs. That was the ...

It remains a remarkable example of the Teutonic Knights' architectural style and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Towering above the Scottish capital, the mighty rock that Edinburgh Castle ...

You may not have heard of it before, but Malbork Castle is the world's largest, boasting a jaw-dropping red brick Gothic design. Located in Malbork in Poland, the Zamek w Malborku castle is twice ...

Inspired by distant Teutonic legends, together with the nearby castles of Linderhof and Hohenschwangau, it represents in the collective imagination the idea of a fairy-tale, idealized Middle Ages ...

Food riots broke out everywhere and were more violent than any of the riots that took place during the French Revolution or ...

The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was built there by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order. It developed as a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its ...

(This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy. The New Castle County operating budget for 2026 is up 5.6% from the 2025 operating budget.) Financial strains may be on the horizon for New ...