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Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. [3] It features a living-history museum which interprets the restored Moravian community. The non-profit organization began its work in 1950, although some private residents had restored buildings ...
Bethabara Moravian Church, built 1788. Wachovia (/ w ɑː ˈ k oʊ v i ə /) was the area settled by Moravians in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.Of the six 18th-century Moravian "villages of the Lord" established in Wachovia, today only the town of Bethania and city of Winston-Salem exist within the historic Wachovia Tract.
In 1753 they established a temporary community at Bethabara, with the intent of establishing permanent settlements elsewhere on the tract. Planned by Christian Philip Gottlieb Reuter , Bethania was the first permanent settlement laid out and established in 1759 on 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2 ) of the nearly 100,000 acres (400 km 2 ) Wachovia tract.
Bethania was the first planned Moravian settlement in Wachovia, and members of a "Society", under the care of the Bethania congregation, were permitted to reside in the village after July 1759. Today, Bethania's eighteenth-century German-type linear agricultural village design remains visible and intact, and most town lots and roadways have ...
Moravian churches in North Carolina (4 P) Pages in category "Moravian settlement in North Carolina" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The violence quickly spread to southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. Bethabara hosted a large number of refugees until 1761. The establishment of a central town was delayed for thirteen years because of the growing Moravian population and hundreds of refugees. Once it was felt safe to do so in 1766, the central town Salem was begun ...
Moravians’ cultural influence in North Carolina also includes the Moravian star, which is part of the bill, too. Moravian cookies are a star attraction for NC. Could they become a state symbol?
Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Settlements of the Moravian Church" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.