Anna Nitschmann
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Anna Caritas Nitschmann (November 24, 1715, Kunín
, Moravia
- May 21, 1760, Herrnhut
, Lusatia
) was a Moravian Brethren missionary
(Missionarin), lyrical poetess, and the second wife of Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
. She served as the Chief Eldress of the Renewed Moravian Church for most of her life, beginning at the young age of 14. Her duties as Chief Eldress were to serve as a spiritual mentor and counselor to the female members of the congregations.
Most of her life was spent in close connection with the Zinzindorf household, although a couple of years were spent doing itinerant mission work among the women of southeastern Pennsylvania. She then returned to Europe to resume her work among the various Moravian congregations. After the death of Zinzindorf's first wife, she was married to the Count, but both of them died only a couple of years later. She is buried at Herrnhut, Germany.
Kunín
Kunín is a village in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,800 inhabitants. Kunin was called Kunvald till 1947 when renamed, so that it is often improperly associated with another village called Kunvald near Žamberk in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, in the Pardubice...
, Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
- May 21, 1760, Herrnhut
Herrnhut
Herrnhut is a municipality in the district of Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.It has access to Bundesstraße 178 between Löbau and Zittau...
, Lusatia
Lusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...
) was a Moravian Brethren missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
(Missionarin), lyrical poetess, and the second wife of Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Imperial Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, , German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church, was born at Dresden....
. She served as the Chief Eldress of the Renewed Moravian Church for most of her life, beginning at the young age of 14. Her duties as Chief Eldress were to serve as a spiritual mentor and counselor to the female members of the congregations.
Most of her life was spent in close connection with the Zinzindorf household, although a couple of years were spent doing itinerant mission work among the women of southeastern Pennsylvania. She then returned to Europe to resume her work among the various Moravian congregations. After the death of Zinzindorf's first wife, she was married to the Count, but both of them died only a couple of years later. She is buried at Herrnhut, Germany.
See also
- Nicolaus Ludwig ZinzendorfNicolaus Ludwig ZinzendorfNikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Imperial Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, , German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church, was born at Dresden....
- Moravian Church (Moravian Brethren/Church, Bohemian Brethren/Church, Czech Brethren/Church, Herrnhut Brethren/Church, Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine)
- Pennsylvanian colonization
- HussiteHussiteThe Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus , who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation...
- Peace churchesPeace churchesPeace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating Christian pacifism. The term historic peace churches refers specifically only to three church groups among pacifist churches: Church of the Brethren, Mennonites including the Amish, and Religious Society of Friends and has...
External links
- http://www.zinzendorf.com/anna.htm
- Biography of Anna Nitschmann