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HERRNHUT
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, 18 m
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S.E. of See also:Bautzen, and situated on the LSbau-See also:Zittau See also:rail-way
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It is chiefly known as the See also:principal seat of the Moravian or Bohemian brotherhood, the members of which1,re called Herrnhuter
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A See also:colony of these See also:people, fleeing from persecution in See also:Moravia, settled at Herrnhut in 1722 on a site presented by See also:Count See also:Zinzendorf
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