Wordless Wednesday - Marlbork #1

The next series of pictures will be from the Teutonic Knights castle in Marlbork, Poland, about about 35 miles south of Gdansk. Built in the 14th century, this was the headquarters for the Christian crusaders that were ruthless and brutal in their pursuit of power and assets. In 1410, however, the Poles got tired of the bullying and gathered support from Lithuania and other countries to defeat the Teutonic Knights in the famous Battle of Grunwald. The knights were forced to evacuate the castle, and was occupied from then on by various Polish kings. In WWII it suffered huge damages from the war, and is only now nearly fully restored.

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