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Notitiae Templariae.
with the right of patronage of churches at Berlin . They had also the convents of Werden , Monberg , and Templin , in Brandenburg , and Wredenhagen , in Mecklenburg . BOHEJIIA AND MORAVIA formed the third grand division of Germany . The Templars came first to these countries about the year 1132 . In Bohemia they possessed the castles or conventical seats of LukonYonowitzTepenetzNeuschlossAltenbergBlattna
, , , , , , Budin , Warn berg , Frauenberg , Sternberg , Gradlitz , and Poseg . The castle of Spielberg , in Moravia , appears to have been the general head-quarters of the province , though in 1304 a Grand Chapter of the Order was convQcated at the stronghold of Eichorn . In Prague they possessed a church , the cloisters of which were built by their Prior , Peter Ostrowe , in 1253 . Hungary was probably a province dependent upon the Grand Preceptor of Germany . Mention , however , is made of certain
a " Pontius Preceptor regni Hungarian , " in 1216 . King Andrew ( who fought in the Hol y Land , and , according to the historians of the Hospital , joined the latter Order , ) bestowed upon the Templars most of their possessions in Hungary . Under him they held the castles of Bujar and Kesmark , the houses of St . Martin and St . Maria , in the country of Liptow , and two extensive establishments in the district of Thurooz . They had likewise property in Dalmatia and Croatia Clissa
; and Urana were their chief posts in the former country . The aforementioned castle of Eichorn , we may mention , occasioned the Templars no small trouble to secure , as will appear from the following episode , characteristic of the Order and of the times . A certain nobleman , named Vratislof , had been obliged to quit Moravia , and take
refuge in France , where he was received into the Order of the Temple as a Brother . In his devotion to the fraternity , he made over to them the whole of his property , among whicli was the fortress Eichorn . His elder brother , Burian , however , meantime seized upon his estates . Reference was made by the two brothers to King Wimeslaus , who decided in favour of the right of Vratislof . But Burian . still kept his hold . The Templars were not to be deprived of their new property , and the
year following they gathered together a considerable force , and marched against Eichorn . Burian , who had garrisoned the castle with 900 troops , advanced to meet them at the head of an army of upwards of 5000 . A bloody battle ensued , which was onl y terminated by the arrival of night . The Grand Prior ofthe Templars and a great man y of his men were slain . A truce for three days was mutually agreed upon , at the end of wliich the combat again began , and Burian was
driven within his fortress , which he still continued obstinately to defend , till King Attacar , whom the 'Templars had gained to their side , threatened him with his resentment if he did not give it up . Burian in consequence surrendered the castle , and Vratislof , the original possessor , was appointed as Prior of Eichorn , with a retinue of thirty Templar knights and their attendants . 'This event occurred in the year J 252 . Of all these fair possessions and castles the Order was deprived b
y the papal proscription in the beginning of the 13 th century . " As for Germany , " says Vertot , " the historians of that nation relate that Pope Clement V . having sent the bull abolishing the Order of the Templars to the Archbishop of Mentz , that prelate summoned all his clergy together , in order to publish it with the greater solemnity ; and that they were strangely surprised to see the Waltgraff , or Count Sauvage , one of the principal of the Order , enter the assembly , attended by twenty other
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notitiae Templariae.
with the right of patronage of churches at Berlin . They had also the convents of Werden , Monberg , and Templin , in Brandenburg , and Wredenhagen , in Mecklenburg . BOHEJIIA AND MORAVIA formed the third grand division of Germany . The Templars came first to these countries about the year 1132 . In Bohemia they possessed the castles or conventical seats of LukonYonowitzTepenetzNeuschlossAltenbergBlattna
, , , , , , Budin , Warn berg , Frauenberg , Sternberg , Gradlitz , and Poseg . The castle of Spielberg , in Moravia , appears to have been the general head-quarters of the province , though in 1304 a Grand Chapter of the Order was convQcated at the stronghold of Eichorn . In Prague they possessed a church , the cloisters of which were built by their Prior , Peter Ostrowe , in 1253 . Hungary was probably a province dependent upon the Grand Preceptor of Germany . Mention , however , is made of certain
a " Pontius Preceptor regni Hungarian , " in 1216 . King Andrew ( who fought in the Hol y Land , and , according to the historians of the Hospital , joined the latter Order , ) bestowed upon the Templars most of their possessions in Hungary . Under him they held the castles of Bujar and Kesmark , the houses of St . Martin and St . Maria , in the country of Liptow , and two extensive establishments in the district of Thurooz . They had likewise property in Dalmatia and Croatia Clissa
; and Urana were their chief posts in the former country . The aforementioned castle of Eichorn , we may mention , occasioned the Templars no small trouble to secure , as will appear from the following episode , characteristic of the Order and of the times . A certain nobleman , named Vratislof , had been obliged to quit Moravia , and take
refuge in France , where he was received into the Order of the Temple as a Brother . In his devotion to the fraternity , he made over to them the whole of his property , among whicli was the fortress Eichorn . His elder brother , Burian , however , meantime seized upon his estates . Reference was made by the two brothers to King Wimeslaus , who decided in favour of the right of Vratislof . But Burian . still kept his hold . The Templars were not to be deprived of their new property , and the
year following they gathered together a considerable force , and marched against Eichorn . Burian , who had garrisoned the castle with 900 troops , advanced to meet them at the head of an army of upwards of 5000 . A bloody battle ensued , which was onl y terminated by the arrival of night . The Grand Prior ofthe Templars and a great man y of his men were slain . A truce for three days was mutually agreed upon , at the end of wliich the combat again began , and Burian was
driven within his fortress , which he still continued obstinately to defend , till King Attacar , whom the 'Templars had gained to their side , threatened him with his resentment if he did not give it up . Burian in consequence surrendered the castle , and Vratislof , the original possessor , was appointed as Prior of Eichorn , with a retinue of thirty Templar knights and their attendants . 'This event occurred in the year J 252 . Of all these fair possessions and castles the Order was deprived b
y the papal proscription in the beginning of the 13 th century . " As for Germany , " says Vertot , " the historians of that nation relate that Pope Clement V . having sent the bull abolishing the Order of the Templars to the Archbishop of Mentz , that prelate summoned all his clergy together , in order to publish it with the greater solemnity ; and that they were strangely surprised to see the Waltgraff , or Count Sauvage , one of the principal of the Order , enter the assembly , attended by twenty other