The Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, who arrived in Marienburg from Venice, undertook the next phase of the fortress' construction. In 1309, in the wake of the papal persecution of the Knights Templar and the Teutonic takeover of Danzig, Feuchtwangen relocated his headquarters to the Prussian part of the Order's monastic state.
The Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, who arrived from Venice at Marienburg, took charge of the next stage of building the fortress. Following the papal persecution of the Knights Templar and the Teutons' takeover of Danzig in 1309, Feuchtwangen relocated his headquarters to the Prussian part of the Order's monastic domain.