Count Zinzendorf - The Meeting Hall in Ebersdorf

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Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

The Meeting Hall in Ebersdorf

In the town of Ebersdorf, beside the Reuss Castle, is the meeting hall of the Moravians, the Bruedergemeine, seen to the left. When Zinzendorf was in Herrnhut he sent refugees to Ebersdorf. Here the Moravians started an orphanage and built a brothers’ house, a sisters’ house, and a meeting hall (1746). Today it is the second oldest Moravian meeting hall (Gemeinhaus) still in use; the oldest is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Since 1990, German building standards have necessitated a rebuilding, remodeling, or closing of once-used buildings. Today there is a joint Moravian and Lutheran congregation meeting here in Ebersdorf.

To the right are the front doors at the entrance of the meeting hall in Ebersdorf where the sign shows its connection to the Moravian Church. The name in German can be seen, “Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine” (Evangelische Brueder-Unitaet or Evangelische Bruedergemeine).
The interior of the meeting hall in Ebersdorf (lower picture) is typical of the European Moravian buildings—plain, without ornamentation, no pictures or stained glass, and painted white or light in color.