Stock Photo - View of the commandery with its church in Lietzen near Seelow, Germany, 30 March 2014. The Lietzen commandery had probably been owned by the Knights Templar since 1229. After the dissolution of the Knights Templar in 1312, the largest part of the property was handed over to the Knights of St. John. In the course of secularization the commandery was owned by Prussia in 1810 and in 1814 by State Chancellor Prince Hardenberg. Because of the participation of Count Carl-Hans von Hardenberg in the Stauffenberg assassination in 1944, the cammandery was expropriated by the Nazis. After 1945, the lands were included in the land reform. In the context of claims for restitution in 1993, the Commandery Lietzen was transferred back to the family of Hardenberg. The terrain of the Commandery and the church are open to public today. Photo: Patrick Pleul - NO WIRE SERVICE | usage worldwide. - Lietzen/Brandenburg/Germany