Malbork Castle is the most powerful medieval fortress in Europe, and today one of the main tourist attractions in Poland. The castle was a Christian place of pilgrimage, residence of the German Order of Knights, and later Polish seat of the Starnosten, royal secondary residence and Prussian barracks. It is the largest brick castle.

The history of the Malbork Castle is a reflection of the ever changing German-Polish history, and one of the most magnificent monuments of the common cultural heritage of both nations.