The Lietzen Commandery, first mentioned in 1244 as a Templar property, was taken over by the Knights of St John in 1318. The villages of Lietzen, Heinersdorf, Tempelberg, Marxdorf, Neuentempel, Dolgelin, Gorgast and Werbig had to pay taxes. The ensemble of the commandery is a unique testimony to over 500 years of the Order’s history. […]

The Neuhardenberg estate (formerly Quilitz) was owned by the family of the Herrenmeister of the Order of Saint John Albrecht Friedrich of Brandenburg-Sonnenburg from 1696 to 1762. In the 18th century, General v. Prittwitz built a castle, of which Frederick the Great is said to have remarked: ’He is building a castle! He’s aiming high!’ […]

The former Templar church in nearby Marxdorf, 4 km west of Lietzen, is well preserved. The village of “Marquardestorp” was first mentioned in a document in 1244 as a Templar property. The core of the church is a fieldstone building from this period. The St. John’s cross on the façade above the entrance testifies to […]

The Neuentempel church is worth seeing, 4 km from Marxdorf in the direction of Seelow. Neuentempel was first mentioned in a document in 1247, the church is a fieldstone building from that time. The two original church bells (1421 and 1767) still ring today. During the Second World War, the parish resisted National Socialism as […]