Herrnhut
Sign in to saveHerrnhut (; ; ; Upper Lusatian: Harrnhutt, Harrnutt) is a town of around 6,000 inhabitants in Upper Lusatia, in the district of Görlitz, in eastern Saxony, Germany. The town is mainly known as the place of origin of the community of the Moravian Church (established by Nicolas Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf in 1722), and of the Moravian Stars (Herrnhuter Sterne).
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Herrnhut is a small town in eastern Saxony, Germany, that is best known as the birthplace of the Moravian Church, a religious community founded there in 1722 by Count Nicolas Ludwig von Zinzendorf. The town is also famous for originating the Moravian Stars (Herrnhuter Sterne), distinctive decorative stars associated with the Moravian tradition.
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- German location.name
- Herrnhut
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Herrnhut.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Herrnhut in GR.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Görlitz
- German location.elevation
- 344
- German location.area
- 74.13
- German location.postal_code
- 02747
- German location.area_code
- 035873
- German location.licence
- GR, LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW, ZI
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14626180
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Herrnhut (; ; ; Upper Lusatian: Harrnhutt, Harrnutt) is a town of around 6,000 inhabitants in Upper Lusatia, in the district of Görlitz, in eastern Saxony, Germany. The town is mainly known as the place of origin of the community of the Moravian Church (established by Nicolas Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf in 1722), and of the Moravian Stars (Herrnhuter Sterne).
In 2016, the town was awarded the honorary title European City of the Reformation by the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, and in 2024, Herrnhut was inscribed on the World Heritage List as part of the serial site "Moravian Church Settlements" (Siedungen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine) alongside Christiansfeld (Denmark), Bethlehem (USA) and Gracehill (Northern Ireland). Herrnhut lies between the larger towns of Löbau and Zittau in the hilly foreland of the Zittau Mountains on the Petersbach, the longest headstream of the Pließnitz, a tributary of the Lusatian Neisse.