They continued, however, to function in all respects (rule, clothing and policy) as an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, headed by their own Master (himself de jure subject to the Teutonic Order's Grand Master).
Oni su ipak nastavili djelovati u svim aspektima (pravilo, odjeće i politika) kao samostalna grana Teutonskog viteškog reda, na čelu s vlastitim Meštrom.