Malbork Żuławy region Poland

The Teutonic Order was established around 1190 in Palestine to campaign against the Muslims and agnostics. In the fourteenth century the Teutonic Knights vanquished an agnostic clan of Prussians and moved their home office from Venice to Malbork on the Nogat stream which is presently northern Poland. A hint of the their essence in the town is the overwhelming red block stronghold from 1274 on the waterway bank, which is the biggest Gothic fortification in Europe.