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Teutonic Order - Sub Commandery of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA (2025)

The Teutonic Order, as a new institution was confirmed by the German Crusader leader, Duke Frederick of Swabia, on November 19th, in the year 1190 and with the capture of Acre, the founders of the hospital were given a permanent site in the city. Pope Clement III confirmed this body as the "fratrum Theutonicorum ecclesiae S. Mariae Hiersolymitanae" by the Bull Quotiens postulatur of February 6, 11, 91 and, within a few years, the Order had developed as a Religious Military institution comparable to the Hospitallers and Templars, although initially subordinate to the Master of the Hospital. This subordination was confirmed in the Bull Dilecti filii of Pope Gregory IX of January 12, 1240 addressed to the "fratres hospitalis S. Mariae Theutonicorum in Accon". The distinct German character of this new Hospitaller Order and the protection given to it by the Emperor and German rulers, enabled it to gradually assert a de facto independence from the Order of Saint John. The first Imperial grant came from Otto IV who gave the Order his protection on May 10, 1213 and this was followed almost immediately by a further confirmation by Frederick II on September 5, 1214. These Imperial confirmations each treated the Teutonic knights as independent from the Hospitallers. By the middle of the fourteenth century this independence was acknowledged by the Holy See.

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Baton Rouge, LA
LA 70801

Please email the Teutonic Order - Deutscher Orden for details: hochmeisteramt@teutonicorder.de

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Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

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Insignia of the Teutonic Order:

The Knights wore white surcoats with a black cross, granted by Innocent III in 1205. A cross pattée was sometimes used.

The motto of the Order is: "Helfen, Wehren, Heilen" ("Help, Defend, Heal").

The coat of arms representing the grand master (Deutschmeisterwappen) is shown with a golden cross fleury or cross potent superimposed on the black cross, with the imperial eagle as a central inescutcheon. The golden cross fleury overlaid on the black cross becomes widely used in the 15th century. A legendary account attributes its introduction to Louis IX of France, who on 20 August 1250 granted the master of the order this cross as a variation of the Jerusalem cross, with the fleur-de-lis symbol attached to each arm. While this legendary account cannot be traced back further than the early modern period (Christoph Hartknoch, 1684) there is some evidence that the design does indeed date to the mid 13th century.

The black cross pattée was later used for military decoration and insignia by the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany as the Iron Cross and Pour le Mérite.

Teutonic Order - Deutsche Ritterorden - Neck badge of the Familiar of the Order or the Prior-Priest. Familiars of recent times wear a simple cross with circular suspension and Prior-Priests of the old Order used such cross with fancy enamelled suspension. The Badge in bronze gilt with white/black enamels. (feather pattern to top loop etc). Dimensions: cross of 41mm in width, 62.5mm high (to top of round part at top of the cross); enamelled top ribbon retainer is 23mm wide; "planchet" of the cross around 3.5mm in thickest part. Currently, there are 350 Familiars of the Order of which 12 are honourary Knights. Prior to WW2 this number was considerably smaller.

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