Count Zinzendorf - The Bell and the Bell Tower

Introduction	Pressures
Family	Archive
Coat of Arms	Herrnhaag
Young Count	Germany
Painting's Influence	Worldwide Missions
Dresden	God's Acre
Wife	Koenigsfeld Hall
Reuss's Castle	Moravian Education
Marriage	Neuwied Hall
Marie Agnes	Winston-Salem Hall
Ebersdorf Hall	Zeist, Holland
Berthelsdorf House	Wedding
Memorial Stone	Watchwords
Berthelsdorf Church	Anna Nitschmann
Herrnhut Hall	Painting
Bell Tower	Death
Hall Cornerstone	Burial
Meeting Hall	Tombstone
Moravian Lamb	David's Tombstone
Herrnhut House	Peter Boehler
Believers’ Houses	Bibliography
Durninger Factory	Links

Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

The Bell and the Bell Tower

Close to the end of World War II (1945), the central square in Herrnhut with its buildings was destroyed by the Russians. After the war ended, the bakery was the first building to be rebuilt, but not until the mid-50s was the church meeting hall rebuilt. As of today, only sixty percent of the buildings have been restored. The bell cast in 1724 was taken by the occupying Nazis to be melted down for its iron content. In the mid-60s it turned up in a junkyard and was returned to Herrnhut. The bell now hangs in the bell tower and bears the inscription, “As long as this bell rings, the Lord’s work will continue.”