Herrnhut, a small town in the kingdom of Saxony, 18 miles SE. of Bautzen, celebrated as a chief seat of the Moravian Brethren (q.v.) or Herrnhuters, who settled here in 1722. Pop. 1125.
Herrnhut
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 694
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