Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th
Grand Master of the
Teutonic Knights, serving from 1303-11.
Von Feuchtwangen was born in
Feuchtwangen in
Middle Franconia, and was a relative of the earlier Grand Master
Konrad von Feuchtwangen. He took the office after his predecessor,
Gottfried von Hohenlohe, had abdicated. Von Hohenlohe's rule was marked by internal strife within the Order, but also by important changes.
Under von Feuchtwangen, the Order seized
Danzig (Gdańsk) in 1308 and took control of
Pomerelia by the
Treaty of Soldin, thus becoming
Poland's strongest enemy.
Due to the Pope dismantling the
Knights Templar, he moved the headquarters of the order from
Venice, located there by his predecessor, to
Castle Marienburg in
Pomesania, outside the
Holy Roman Empire.
Siegfried died there in 1311 and was buried in the cathedral of
Kulmsee.
[Werner Uhlich: Der Beitrag der Hochmeister Konrad und Siegfried von Feuchtwangen zur Geschichte des Deutschen Ordens, Geschichte-Feuchtwangen.de. "." ]
