The Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany (Große Landesloge der Freimaurer von Deutschland, GLL FvD or GLL), additionally: Order of Freemasons (Freimaurerorden, FO) is a Masonic Grand Lodge in Germany. It is among the founding participants of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and because of this it is just one of the five German Grand Lodges recognized as normal Grand Lodges by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). The Grand Lodge was developed in 1770 by Johann Wilhelm Kellner von Zinnendorf, a Prussian military physician. It is one of 3 so called Old Prussian Grand Lodges. The Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany functions according to a somewhat customized version of the Swedish Rite. It for that reason differs from various other German Grand Lodges both in its web content and also business framework. However, as a masonic Grand Lodge it is not a spiritual area and also affiliation to a particular Christian denomination is not called for. Neither is it required ...