P143 - Poland - Malbork Castle

Malbork Castle, Malbork, Poland (UNESCO WHS)

The Castle in Malbork was built in Prussia by the Teutonic Order as an Ordensburg. The Order named it Marienburg, literally "Mary's Castle". The town which grew around it was also named Marienburg, but since 1945 it is again, after 173 years, part of Poland as Malbork. Thence the name of its castle also had to be changed in English. A number of other castles bear the name, Marienburg (Mary's Castle).

The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress, and is the world’s largest brick gothic castle. UNESCO listed the castle and its museum as World Heritage Sites in December 1997 as Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region with origins in the Teutonic Order. The other is the Medieval Town of Toruń, founded in 1231 as the site of the castle Thorn (Toruń).

马尔堡城堡，又称條頓騎士團堡瑪麗安堡位於波蘭马尔堡，曾為德意志條頓騎士團總部，有人認為他是歐洲最大的磚構造建築物。在德意志帝國統治時期，為德意志第一個國家紀念物。1997年為聯合國教科文組織列為世界文化遺產。

References sources : Wikipedia