Ordensburg Krössinsee

In the early 1930s there was in Germany a need for a training center where the Nazi party could teach Germany's future leaders and political soldiers. It was decided to build three schools, all built majestically, like old medieval castles and located throughout Germany, in addition to Krössinsee it was:

Ordensburg Vogelsang - North Rhine - Westfalia near Belgium.

Ordensburg Sonthofen - In the Allgäu in southern Bavaria.

A fourth school was constructed on the existing medieval castle Marienburg in East Prussia. (today Poland)

Ordensburg Krössinsee was placed at the town Falkenburg in Pomerania and the like the other two, the construction started in 1934. The school would be responsible for training the first year and the students should then continue their second year at Vogelsang in western Germany. The school was designed by architect Clemens Klotz and was finished and received the first students in 1936.

At the start of WWII the priority of the teaching was downsized and the school's primary role was to train units from Hitlerjungen to front line service. In 1941 the school changed its name to Die Falkenburg am Krössinsee and in the summer of 1944 the school was involved in combat actions and some of the buildings were destroyed.

Today, the school is used for barracks by the Polish Army.