Visiting Herrnhut

A couple of people have asked for information about visiting Herrnhut - so here is the (very brief and totally non-definitive) guide.

Getting there: The nearest large city is Dresden. Dresden airport has some direct flights, but if not then you are probably looking at coach or train from Berlin or Leipzig. For a location map, click here.

Accommodation: The Moravian church operate a public guest hostel called the TEH. This is recently refurbished, clean, friendly, and centrally located. They are well set up for receiving groups or families (this is where the 24-7 Roundtable met). Click 'Kontakt' for phone details. There is one other commercial guest house in town (the 'Alt Herrnhuter Haus'), and a number of smaller B&B / self catering type places.

What to visit: This is only a small village! The Heimatmuseum covers the history of the place, the Völkerkundemuseum has artifacts from the many cultures that the missionaries went out to, and the Archives are for more serious research. The cemetery or Gottes Acker on the Hutberg contains the grave of Zinzendorf and many others, and also has the prayer tower ('Altarn'). The main Moravian church hall is right in the centre of town. In nearby Berthelsdorf you will find Zinzendorf's manor house (visits by arrangement, occasional prayer events) and the Lutheran church where the holy spirit visitation of 1727 took place. For this and other local info, visit www.herrnhut.de.

Unfortunately, most of these web resources are in German. If you are a non-German speaker, your best bet is to look for the word 'Kontakt', click it, and try and find a phone number. There are enough international visitors that many of these places will speak a bit of English.