{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Teutonic Order",
  "now": "germany",
  "years": "1190–1525",
  "id": "teutonic",
  "index": "c/germany:1190",
  "title": "Flag of the Teutonic Order",
  "ratio": "3:4",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Field of the order's mantle."
    },
    {
      "color": "black",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "note": "The order's cross and outline."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Teutonic Order (1190–1525) was a German Catholic military order founded during the Third Crusade and later famous for its Baltic Crusades and the state it built in Prussia\n - **Construction:** a white swallowtail banner bearing a plain black Latin cross — the order's insignia since its founding in Acre\n - The order's black-cross-on-white symbol survives today in the Iron Cross (Prussian/German military decoration) and the Bundeswehr's flag",
  "flag": "empires/teutonic.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Teutonic Order",
    "officialName": "Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Founded as a hospital brotherhood in Acre in 1190, quickly became militarised\n - The State of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1230–1525) was defeated by Poland–Lithuania at Grunwald in 1410\n - The order continues today as a Roman Catholic religious order in Vienna",
  "_name": "Teutonic Order",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "teutonic"
}