HERRNHUT

herrnhut, a town of germany, in the kingdom of saxony, 18 m. s.e. of bautzen, and situated on the lobau-zittau railway. pop. 1200. it is chiefly known as the principal seat of the moravian or bohemian brotherhood, the members of which are called _herrnhuter_. a colony of these people, fleeing from persecution in moravia, settled at herrnhut in 1722 on a site presented by count zinzendorf. the buildings of the society include a church, a school and houses for the brethren, the sisters and the widowed of both sexes, while it possesses an ethnographical museum and other collections of interest. the town is remarkable for its ordered, regular life and its scrupulous cleanliness. linen, paper (to varieties of which herrnhut gives its name), tobacco and various minor articles are manufactured. the hutberg, at the foot of which the town lies, commands a pleasant view. berthelsdorf, a village about a mile distant, has been the seat of the directorate of the community since about 1789.