Commanderies of the Order of Saint John
The
In the
Pre-Reformation
Before the
The largest of the langues by far was the "German" one, which included not only all of the Holy Roman Empire but also the non–German-speaking (Slavic and Hungarian) territories east of Germany. It was divided into five great-priories, the largest of which were Austria-Bohemia and Germany, in turn, divided into major priories or bailiwicks; one of the largest such became independent after the Protestant Reformation as the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg).
The division of
Finally, the English langue included the order's possessions in the British Isles.
German tongue
- great priory Bohemia-Austria
- priory Bohemia: commanderies Český Dub, Březina, Glatz, Kadaň, Manětín, Pfaden, Ploschkowitz, Prague, Strakonice, Mies
- priory Moravia: commanderies Ivanovice na Hane, Horní Kounice, Opava
- priory Silesia: commanderies Beilau, Breslau, Brieg, Goldberg, Gröbnig bei Leobschütz, Groß-Tinz, Klein-Öls, Löwenberg, Reichenbach, Striegau
- priory Oberlausitz: commanderies Zittau, Hirschfelde
- priory Archducal Austria: commanderies Mailberg, Laa an der Thaya, Lockenhaus, Vienna
- priory Inner Austria: commanderies Altenmarkt, Feldbach, Fürstenfeld, Graz, Komenda, Melling, Marburg, Pulst, Übersbach
- great priory Germany: The great priory of Germany was divided into eight bailiwicks (Balleien). From 1428, the seat of the great priory was at Heitersheim in Upper Germany.
- Ballei Brandenburg (since 1538 the independent Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)): commanderies Braunschweig (formerly Templars), Garlow, Goslar, Lage, Lagow, Lietzen, Mirow, Nemerow, Quartschen, Rörchen, Schlave, Schivelbein, Schwiebus, Sonnenburg, Stargard, Sülzdorf, Süpplingenburg (formerly Templars), Tempelhof (formerly Templars), Tempelburg (formerly Templars), Werben, Wietersheim, Wildenbruch, Zielenzig, Zachan
- Ballei Franken (Franconia): commanderies Reichardsroth, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Würzburg, Biebelried, Mergentheim, Schwäbisch Hall
- Ballei Köln (Cologne)
- Bergisches Land: commanderies Burg an der Wupper, Herkenrath, Herrenstrunden, Marienhagen
- Niederrhein: commanderies Dinslaken, Duisburg, Walsum,
- Rhineland: commanderies Adenau, Velden bei Düren, Cologne, Niederbreisig (1312), Mechelen bei Aachen (1215), Aachen (1313)
- Ballei Oberdeutschland (Upper Germany)
- Mainz (1282)
- Breisgau: Freiburg, Heitersheim
- Swabia: commanderies Überlingen, Villingen, Rottweil
- Alsace: commanderies Colmar (hospital since the late 12th century, commandery before 1234), Dorlisheim (before 1217), Hagenau, Mulhouse (1220), Rheinau (1260), Sulz (c. 1250), Schlettstadt (1260), Strasbourg (1371)
- Lothringen (Lorraine): commanderies Metz (12th century), Puttelange-aux-Lacs
- Eidgenossenschaft (Swiss Confederacy): Basel (c. 1200), Bubikon (c. 1192), Biberstein, Biel, Fribourg, Hohenrain (c. 1175), Klingnau, Küsnacht, Leuggern, Münchenbuchsee (1180–1528/29), Reiden (ca. 1284–1807), Rheinfelden (1212–1806), Salgesch (ca. 1235–1655), Thunstetten (ca. 1192–1528), Tobel (1226–1809), Wädenswil (ca. 1300–1549)
- Ballei Thüringen (Thuringia): Weißensee
- Ballei Utrecht (Netherlands): commanderies Arnheim, Buren, Haarlem, Ingen, Kerkwerve, Middelburg, Nimwegen, Montfoort, Sneek, Utrecht, Waarder, Wemeldinge
- Ballei Westfalen (Westphalia): commanderies Münster, Heford, Bokelesch, Steinfurt
- Ballei Wetterau: commanderies Mosbach im Bachgau (1218, to Frankfurt in 1400), Nidda, Frankfurt, Nieder-Weisel (ca. 1245–1809), Rüdigheim (Neuberg), Wiesenfeld (Burgwald), Wildungen
- great priory Hungary: Bjelovar (today in Croatia), Buda, Csurgó, Gran, Stuhlweissenburg, Újudvar
- great priory Poland
- great priory Dacia (Denmark): Antvorskov, Odense, Schleswig, Viborg
Spanish and Portuguese tongue
- great priory Portugal: commanderies Aboim, Algoso, Amieira, Barrô, Belver, Chavão, Covilhã, Coimbra, Faia, Flor da Rosa, Fontelo, Leça do Bailio, Montenegro, Moura Morta, Oliveira do Hospital, Oleiros, Puerto Marin, Poiares, Sta. Marta Penaguião, Sertã, Sobral, Távora, Trancoso, Vera Cruz, Santarém
- great priory Amposta
- great priory Castille
- great priory Navarra
Italian tongue
- great priory Barletta
- great priory Capua
- great priory Sicily
- great priory Rome
- great priory Pisa
- great priory Lombardy
- great priory Venice
Provencal tongue
- great priory St. Gilles
- great priory Toulouse
Auvergnat tongue
- great priory Auvergne
French tongue
- great priory France
- great priory Aquitania
- great priory Champagne
English tongue
- great priory England
- great priory Scotland
- great priory Ireland
After the Reformation
A "Russian Grand Priory" with no less than 118 commandries, dwarfing the rest of the Order, was established by Paul I of Russia after the French occupation of Malta in 1798, initiating the Russian tradition of the Knights Hospitaller. Paul's election as Grand Master was, however, never ratified under Roman Catholic canon law, and he was the de facto rather than de jure Grand Master of the Order.
The commandry system survives into the present era, but since the
The German (Brandenburg) branch comprises seventeen commandries in Germany, one each in Austria, Finland, France, Hungary, and Switzerland, and a global commandry with subcommandries in twelve other countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Namibia, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela).[1]
Following constitutional changes made in 1999, the
See also
References
- ^ Verzeichnis der Mitglieder der Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem; Berlin: Johanniterorden, October, 2011; pages 22-23.
- ^ a b "Canada Wide > About Us > The Order of St. John". St. John Ambulance Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ Elizabeth II 2004, p. 19, s. 18.2
- ^ Elizabeth II 2004, p. 20, s. 20.2.a-20.2.b
- ^ Those countries with Associations of the Order of St. John are: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cyprus, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]
- Novoa Portela, Feliciano, and Carlos De Ayala Martínez, et al. (eds.): Ritterorden im Mittelalter. Theiss: Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-8062-1974-5.
- Riley-Smith, Jonathan: "Provincial Government and the Estate in Europe", chapter 13 of The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c. 1070–1309, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 1185–204.
- Rödel, Walter G.: Das Großpriorat Deutschland des Johanniter-Ordens im Übergang vom Mittelalter zur Reformation an Hand der Generalvisitationsberichte von 1494/95 und 1540/41. Köln 1966 (Phil. Diss. Mainz 1965). 2nd ed. 1972.
Bibliography
- Elizabeth II (1974), "Supplemental Royal Charter, 1974", in Elizabeth II (ed.), Royal Charters and Statutes of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 5, Westminster: Queen's Printer (published 2004), p. 6, retrieved 1 December 2016
External links
- Media related to Maps of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem at Wikimedia Commons