Talk:State of the Teutonic Order

message: I changed this page to comply with the above notice, but my changes were reverted without any edit summary. I'm going to revert, if you want to revert again, please write here if I am misreading the above notice or if this article warrants special measures. - FrancisTyers 14:28, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gdansk 

message: "...Konrad now suffered from retalliatory strikes, when Prussians sought to clear their territory in Culmerland/Culmigeria from partial take-over by Konrad's troops..."
In the relevant article it is stated that the city was founded by Poles in the XI century. What's the truth? Ksenon 15:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chelmno 

message: When the edit signs are showing, there's something amiss with the one for the 14th Century section. I don't know how to fix this.qp10qp 16:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit sign problem

message: The article in its present state is little more than a summary of information already at Teutonic Knights. Ideally, the article should address the composition of the order- rules, positions, administration etc. At some point in the future I would like to add such information, but others are more than welcome to instead. Olessi 16:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article content 

message: The article claimed that the state was part of the Holy Roman Empire, which it was not. The Teutonic order hold some territories in the Empire, but its state was not part of it, and subject only to the pope. I removed the claim from the box. -- Zz 14:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holy Roman Empire 

message: Added the official motto of the Teutonic Order, taken from the Order's website http://imperialteutonicorder.org/_wsn/page3.htmlHere Rcduggan 22:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is not the order's website, but a hoax site run by someone in England claiming to be "His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Karl Friedrich von Deutschland", an utterly false title. The order's webpages are actually  and . Olessi 23:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm not aware of a motto used by them off the top of my head, but I'll add it if I can find an authentic one. Olessi 15:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Do you have a reputable source for it? Olessi 20:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

text: That link, actually the Wikipedia article "German Order", was a mix between a disambiguation page (describing different "German Orders") and a content fork (two articles describing the Teutonic Knights). An anonymous user had expanded the article, but did not provide a source for the motto. Other Wikipedia articles are insufficient by themselves to be references. Olessi 19:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Teutonic Motto 

message: for a while I have seen it written as "Ordenstaat" but now the change has been made to "Ordensstaat". Which one of these is correct, and why? was it an error, or had the previous spelling been a mistake?
Rcduggan 19:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ordensstaat ("order's state") is the correct spelling. Compare to Ordensland ("order's land" or "order's country"). Ordenstaat is a relatively common misspelling. Olessi 19:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  German name for the state? 

message: This article has the wrong name - very simply the knights were not monks, and the term has no currency in English. "Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights" gets precisely one hit from google scholar, and one further hit on Google books - both from Polish publications. Nearly all the web hits are from Wikipedia or mirrors, or Polish websites. As to the correct title, Norman Davies uses the "Teutonic State" but most seem just to use Prussia etc.  Maybe State of the Teutonic Knights (or order). Johnbod (talk) 20:51, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They were monks all right but I agree that the name itself is not the best choice, it's just way too long. You can't use "Prussia" since the Teutonic state included from 1237 the Livonian territories after the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the territories they controlled were merged with the "Prussian" order. They only split again in the aftermath of Battle of Grunwald, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic order called Livonian order joined up with other local states up there and formed the Livonian Confederation in 1418-1420 or so.
possible options for a another title would include
The State of the Teutonic Order - > 266 returns @ google books;
The State of the Teutonic Knights - > 202 returns @ google books;
The Teutonic Order state -> 112 returns @ google books; 
The State of Teutonic Knights -> 22 returns @ google books;
The State of Teutonic Order ->  8 returns @ google books
--Termer (talk) 04:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

text: PS. The maps in the article are messed up and need a good fix.--Termer (talk) 04:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong name 

message: This article ignores the continued existence of a state or states ruled by the Teutonic Order within the Holy Roman Empire after 1525, centered on Mergentheim, which continued to exist until 1809.  I'm not sure whether that should be covered here, or in its own article, but some discussion of it is surely in order, no? john k (talk) 01:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: the Order controlled further territory yes, but as far as I know they never had been part of the State of the Teutonic Order  - so (if I'm right) those territories should be regarded separetly 46.223.176.176 (talk) 11:43, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  after 1525 

message: part of the former Ordensstaat is situated in todays Germany?--78.52.76.166 (talk) 03:57, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which 

message: I've restored the flag icons to the infobox, after they were removed by another editor, per my interpretation of the the guidelines in MOS:FLAG. This article deals with a particular historic/military/political entity, and its territory at present is divided among various successor sovereign states, so this seems an acceptable use. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 23:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: In the MOS:INFOBOXFLAG-section it reads: Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many. Flag icons should only be inserted in infoboxes in those cases where they convey information in addition to the text. Flag icons lead to unnecessary disputes when over-used. 
It is also highly important to note that various editors like User:Underbar dk has been removing these miniature flags based on MOS:INFOBOXFLAG. At the moment, this is a common procedure, and these miniature flags dont add anything of real value to the articles, even if they are nice to look at! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 00:00, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh hi? I don't know why I am singled out on this article when it's far outside my usual area and I don't go around systematically removing flag icons, though I agree with MOS:INFOBOXFLAG. Perhaps you're thinking of another person? _dk (talk) 05:38, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You were the best example i could find on short notice, specifically because i had little time because it was really late! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 11:23, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox flag icons