However, based on the model of the Knights Templar, it was transformed into a military order in 1198 and the head of the order became known as the Grand Master (magister hospitalis).
しかしテンプル騎士団のモデルを基盤に、1198年に軍事命令へ変容し、騎士団の団長はドイツ騎士団総長(magister hospitalis)となった。