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250px|thumb|The Ordensburg Marienburg, c. 1900, during the [[German Empire]] thumb|250px|A map of Ordensburgen of the Teutonic Order in Prussia

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  • Medieval ''Ordensburgen''
  • List of medieval ''Ordensburgen''
  • See also
  • References

250px|thumb|The Ordensburg Marienburg, c. 1900, during the [[German Empire]] thumb|250px|A map of Ordensburgen of the Teutonic Order in Prussia

Ordensburg (plural Ordensburgen) is a German term meaning a "castle of a (military) order". It is used specifically for the fortified structures built by crusading German military orders during the Middle Ages.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ordensburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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