Daniel Benedikt Stienen

Dr. Daniel Benedikt Stienen studied history and economics in Hamburg and Berlin. He completed his doctorate in 2020. For his dissertation, he dealt with the economic side of Prussia's anti-Polish settlement policy in the German Empire. Since then, he has worked as a research assistant in various positions.

Marienburg Panorama, 2004

Background Article

Malbork Castle, the Knights of the Teutonic Order and the "German East" in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Changes through time and space

How far did the “German East” extend? With recourse to Malbork Castle, which was “rediscovered” around 1800, German historical policy in the 19th and 20th centuries found very different answers to this question.