- Berthelsdorf
Infobox German Location
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Wappen =
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 1 |lat_sec = 40
lon_deg = 14 |lon_min = 45 |lon_sec = 30
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen
Regierungsbezirk = Dresden
Landkreis = Görlitz
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Herrnhut
Höhe = 290
Fläche = 22.24
Einwohner = 1751
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 02747
Vorwahl = 035873
Kfz = ZI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 14 2 86 030
Gliederung = 2
Straße = Herrnhuter Str. 2
Adresse-Verband = Löbauer Str. 18
02747 Herrnhut
Website = [http://www.berthelsdorf.de www.berthelsdorf.de]
Bürgermeister = Günter JohnBerthelsdorf is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, in the southeastern part of the
Free State of Saxony ,Germany . The municipality is next to theCzech Republic andPoland . Nicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count vonZinzendorf und Pottendorf bought the Berthelsdorf estates (Upper, Middle and Lower Berthelsdorf) from his grandmother, Catharina von Gersdorf, in 1722, where he built his manor house "Bethel"--"House of God" in Middle Berthelsdorf. Soon after buying the estates and calling Johannn Andreas Rothe as pastor of the Lutheran parish in Berthelsdorf, he agreed to receive Protestant exiles from the Kuhländchen inMoravia upon his new estate. The first group arrived in June, 1722, under the leadership of carpenter Christian David. They founded the nearby city ofHerrnhut on the estate on 17 June, 1722. They were later joined by several hundred other refugees from Habsburg oppression in Bohemia/Moravia, now the Czech Republic. Under the guidance of Zinzendorf they united to renew the ancientUnitas Fratrum . 13 August, 1727, is the date usually considered as the renewal date, which took place in the parish church in Berthelsdorf. From Berthelsdorf and Herrnhut then the Brüdergemeine, in English, theMoravian Church , spread out across the world, beginning in 1732 with the sending of the first Moravianmissionaries . Zinzendorf also provided sanctuary in Berthelsdorf to persecuted followers of mystic KasparSchwenkfeld from nearbySilesia . They were forced by the Electoral Saxon government to emigrate toPennsylvania , and Zinzendorf sent two Moravians to accompany them in 1734–35, in order to scout out the mission possibilities in America.The municipality has two subdivisions: Rennersdorf and Berthelsdorf.
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