Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
Tombstone of Christian David
The tombstone of Christian David occupies Grave No. 1 just inside Gods Acre, Herrnhut. It reads as follows:
Christian
David
The Lords servant
Born the 31st of December
1690
at Senftleben
in Moravia
gone home the 3rd of July
1751
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a carpenter
felled the first tree
for the building of Herrnhut
the 17th of June 1722