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Malbork Castle
castle built in Prussia (now Poland) by the Teutonic Knights
Bran Castle
Medieval castle in Braşov county, Romania
Râșnov
Râșnov (; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Ruusenåå; Latin: Rosnovia) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,920 as of 2021.
Königsberg Castle
castle in Königsberg
Montfort Castle
ruined crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel
Kaunas Castle
medieval Gothic castle in Kaunas, Lithuania
Toron
thumb|1857 sketch of Kalat Tibnin by Charles William Meredith van de Velde|van de Velde thumb|Crusader castle in the village of Tebnine thumb|View from the Toron castle
Toruń Castle
castle in Poland
Klaipėda Castle
castle in Lithuania
Ēdole Castle
manor house in Latvia
Golub-Dobrzyń Castle
historic site in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Lielstraupe Castle
Castle in Latvia
Panemunė Castle
castle
Khirbat Jiddin
village in mandatory Palestine, depopulated in 1948
Alden Biesen Castle
château
Ordensburg
250px|thumb|The Ordensburg Marienburg, c. 1900, during the [[German Empire]] thumb|250px|A map of Ordensburgen of the Teutonic Order in Prussia
Årsta Castle
building in in Haninge Municipality, Sweden
Gniew Castle
castle in Poland
Krimulda Castle
medieval castle ruins in Sigulda, Sigulda Municipality, Latvia
Castle of Warmian Bishops in Lidzbark Warmiński
castle in Poland
Maasilinna Castle
castle in Estonia
Schaaken Castle
ruined castle in Russia
Alsunga Castle
castle in Latvia
Rochlitz Castle
Castle in Rochlitz, Germany
Barciany Castle
building in Barciany, Kętrzyn County
Amouda
thumbnail|The ruins of Amouda Castle thumb|Amouda Castle and Ceyhan River The castle of Amouda Crusader castle, formerly in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266.
Nidzica Castle
castle in Poland
Viļaka Castle
castle near Viļaka in present-day Latvia
Krustpils Castle
castle in Latvia
Bayernburg
Bayernburg (German for "Bavarian Castle"; ) is the name of three separate wooden castles of the Teutonic Order in different locations along the Neman River in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the Lithuanian Crusade. Their exact locations are not known and historians provide conflicting versions. The first fortress was built in 1337 by guest crusaders, including Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria, in whose honor it was named after Bavaria. Emperor Louis IV declared it the capital of the to-be-conquered Lithuania. The newly built castle withstood a 22-day siege by Grand Duke Gediminas, but was abando
Schloss Mergentheim
building in Bad Mergentheim, Stuttgart Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany
Bobrowniki Castle
Tarvastu Castle
castle in Estonia
Cafarlet
Cafarlet or Capharleth (Crusader name) or Kafr Lam (Arabic name) is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav HaBonim, Israel, on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of Kafr Lam. It was built in the 8th or 9th century, during the Umayyad or Abbasid period to serve as a ribat against Byzantine attacks, and was significantly modified and reused by the Crusaders. It is one of the few surviving ancient fortifications in Israel featuring round watchtowers, indicating the fortress' origins predate the crusader era. Most surviving ancient fortif