Each of the three great orders of chivalry in Central Europe built its structure in a different way. On the one hand, this depended on the customs that gradually developed in the West, but on the other hand it reflected the local situation and the emphasis that the orders placed on their estates in Central Europe. The Hospitallers, who first appear in Central Europe in the second half of the 12th century (Prague, Mailberg), built a solid structure throughout the 13th century, eventually leading to the creation of two prioratus, a German one with eight and a Bohemian one with four lower units (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Austria). The houses of the Order of the Teutonic Knights, whose origins are linked to King Přemysl Ottokar I by his brother Vladislaus Henry, in Bohemia and Moravia, were organized into the so-called Ballei, which depended on the Provincial Master in Prussia and later on the Grand Master. The Knights Templar belonged to the union of Germany and the Slavic countries, and
