They built a hill on their farms, called a redo, since the area was marshy. We saw lots of windmills but never any wind to drive them. 60 castles built by crusaders between Maborg and Gdańsk, (120 in Poland) Now many are hotels or in ruins. Mennonite kitchens were called black kitchens—no windows and oven soot/covered walls. Many bedrooms big families. 5-7,000 square feet. Many dutch people settled here. Farm cows, make cheese and grow tulips. The tulips are a spring attraction. Onto Malbork Castle and Warsaw. Malbork castle, built by Teutonic knights (crusaders) in 13th century, sent to christianize the Baltic tribes; its an excellent example of a medieval fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, during the Thirteen Years’ War, it was sold by Bohemian mercenaries to King Casimir IV of Poland in lieu of indemnities and it then served as one of several Polish royalresidences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions, interrupted by several years of Swedishoccupation, fulfilling this function until the First Partition of Poland in 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945. Hitler used its blueprint for his own castles. The castle has several subdivisions and numerous layers of defensive walls. It consists of three separate castles – the High, Middle and Lower Castles, separated by multiple dry moats and towers.[7] The castle once housed approximately 3,000 "brothers in arms". The outermost castle walls enclose 21 ha (52 acres), four times the enclosed area of Windsor Castle. Restoration completed in 2016. Learned March of death 17,000 prisoners. Transported to Germany then trains to concentration camps. Some executed on beach. Transported to Studhoff is memorial. Used bricks from demolishment for houses. Opened as museum there. Camp without medical experiments but work camp. Built highway Kaliningrad to other places. And created plane parts. Bakeries too. Lots of farms—wind rows just like us, but hardwoods. No fertilizers here. No rocks and plenty of water. Canola, corn, wheat, beets. Lots of wild animals. McDonald’s gave money to renovate streets of Malbork Why did the knights come to Poland? We never invited them. 12th c from Jerusalem. Had to leave holy land. Hungarian king invited them. They had a deal to conquer land. Hungary said to leave. Celisean Silesian princess had a deal. Explore Vistula river. Found the Nogat river and built this castle. Who had the tower had the power. Communication and watching. Created first post office—grateful for that. Marburg was meeting place for all the palaces. 3 parts—armory, 400 horses, grandmaster palace with guest house. High castle with no eatery. Toilet tower. Now knights in Vienna. German name is Mariaborg. Church part reconstructed after the war. Italian tikes in statue of Mary. Some local tiles. Head original. Hikes for shooters and pour hot oil on them Biggest courtyard in Poland Pigeon mitigation spikes in front of windows Protected the well from prospective poisoners. Cost 1 million each month goid and wine todays dollars. Supported with Amber and other items ribbed from Poland, so polish people don’t like. The knights sided with Nazis. Then converted to Protestant but now Catholic again. Only 100 lived in this. 200 acres with guests 300-400. Life not so nice. Had to prepare for battle. Heating system under the building. Full of wood with heated stones. Dampers to regulate. Cook was treated well-own room and bathroom. Refuse into the moat. Pillar Looks like a palm tree from holy land Dumbwaiter 37 grandmaster. First group was 12 like 12 apostles Pelican on the well. Pelican symbol as Jesus. Cabbage leaves for tp Three pillars, chastity, poverty and obedience. Zigismund column. He moved capital from krakow to Warsaw. Mermaid legend Stadium can change colors.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |