𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓾𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓬 𝓞𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝒪𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝐵𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒢𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒥𝑒𝓇𝓊𝓈𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓂 The order was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals. Its members have commonly been known as the Teutonic Knights, having a small voluntary and mercenary military membership, serving as a crusading military order for protection of Christians in the Holy Land and the Baltics during the Middle Ages.