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The Hochmeister () was the holder of the supreme office, equivalent to a Superior general in a non-military religious order, of the Teutonic Order. This title was only used in the Teutonic Order. The typical title of the supreme head in various orders of knighthood is Grand Master (Großmeister in German). An early version of the full title in Latin was "Magister Hospitalis Sancte Marie Alemannorum Jerosolimitani". Since 1216, the full title Magister Hospitalis Domus Sancte Marie Theutonicorum Jerosolimitani ("Master of the Hospital House of St. Mary of the Germans at Jerusalem") was used. The historically most significant time were the Knights' Northern Crusades in the Baltic and their -in fact highly militarized- Monastic State of the Teutonic Order (Ordenstaat) which lasted for nearly 300 years until 1525. From 1530-1929 the leader of the Teutonic Order was known as the Hoch- und Deutschmeister after the combining of the titles Hochmeister and Deutschmeister by Emperor Charles V; for centuries the "Jägerregiment Wien" of the Military of Austria was known as the "Hoch und Deutschmeister Regiment".
List of Hochmeisters of the Teutonic Order
Hochmeisters of the early Brotherhood 1190 - 1198 The Teutonic Order as a hospice brotherhood in the Holy Land: Hochmeisters of the Order 1198 - 1525 The Teutonic Order as a spiritual military order: Albert converted to Lutheranism and turned the Ordenstaat into secular, Lutheran Ducal Prussia. Hoch- und Deutschmeister 1530 - 1929 The Teutonic Order was still a spiritual military order, but had lost control over their former state in Prussia though. Due to being limited to their possessions in other parts of Germany, which were led by the Deutschmeister, both titles were combined 1929 - present-day Time of the Teutonic Order as a clerical Roman Catholic religious order | ||||||||||
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