united with the office of the Grandmaster, who was situated in Prussia from then. The Deutschmeister, the Landsmeister of the Holy Roman Empire. When Prussia and Livland were lost, the Deutschmeister also became Grandmaster. Regional leadership Because the properties of the order within the rule of the Deutschmeister did not form a contiguous territory, but were spread over the whole empire and parts of Europe, there was an additional regional structure, the bailiwick. Kammerballeien ("Chamber Bailiwicks") were governed by the Grandmaster himself. Some of these bailiwicks had the rank of imperial states Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Thuringia (Zwätzen) Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Hesse (Marburg) Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Saxonia (Elmsburg from 1221 until 1260 moved to Lucklum) Brandenburg Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Westphalia (Deutschordenskommende Mülheim) Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Franconia (Ellingen) "Chamber Bailiwick" of Koblenz Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy (Rouffach) Teutonic Order Bailiwick at the Etsch and in the Mountains (South Tyrol) (Bozen) Utrecht Lorraine (Trier) "Chamber Bailiwick" of Austria Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Alden Biesen Sicily Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Apulia (San Leonardo) Lombardy (also called Lamparten) "Chamber Bailiwick" of Bohemia Teutonic Order Bailiwick of Romania (Achaia, Greece) Armenia-Cyprus Local leadership Komtur The smallest administrative unit of the order was the Kommende. It was ruled by a Komtur, who had all administrative rights and controlled the Vogteien (district of a reeve) and Zehnthöfe (tithe collectors) within his rule. In the commandry, all kinds of brothers lived together in a monastic way. Noblemen served as Knight-brothers or Priest-brothers. Other people could serve as Sariantbrothers, who were armed soldiers, and as Half-brothers, who were working in the economy and healthcare. Special offices The Kanzler (chancellor) of the Grandmaster and the Deutschmeister. The chancellor took care of the keys and seals and was also the recording clerk of the chapter. The Münzmeister (master of the mint) of Thorn. In 1226, the order received the right to produce its own coins – the Moneta Dominorum Prussiae – Schillingen. Customary laws for coinage did not come about until the Kulm laws of 1233 were written. And the first coins were not minted until late 1234 or early 1235. The Pfundmeister (customs master) of Danzig. The Pfund was a local customs duty. The Generalprokurator the representative of the order at the Holy See. The Großschäffer, a trading representative with special authority. Modern organization Evolution and reconfiguration as a Catholic religious order The Roman Catholic