Editing Teutonic Order (section)

==== Landmeister ====
The order was divided into three national chapters, [[Prussia]], [[Livonia]] and the territory of the [[Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]]. The highest officer of each chapter was the ''Landmeister'' (country master). They were elected by the regional chapters. In the beginning, they were only substitutes of the Grandmaster but were able to create a power of their own so that, within their territory, the Grandmaster could not decide against their will. At the end of their rule over Prussia, the Grandmaster was only ''Landmeister'' of Prussia. There were three Landmeisters:
*The ''[[Landmeister in Livland]]'', the successor of the ''Herrenmeister'' (lords master) of the former [[Livonian Brothers of the Sword]].
*The ''[[Landmeister of Prussia]]'', after 1309 united with the office of the Grandmaster, who was situated in Prussia from then.
*The ''Deutschmeister'', the ''Landsmeister'' of the Holy Roman Empire. When Prussia and Livland were lost, the ''Deutschmeister'' also became Grandmaster.