Title	Schoenbrunn fence
Subject	Religion in Ohio Churches Schoenbrunn (Ohio) Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808 New Philadelphia (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	New Philadelphia (Ohio) Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description	Original description reads: "Fence at Schoenbrunn." In 1772, David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church, established the village of Schoenbrunn on the Tuscarawas River, near present-day New Philadelphia. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. During the American Revolution, facing harassment from both the English and the Americans, Zeisberger and his followers abandoned Schoenbrunn in early 1778. They held a final service in the church, after which they tore down their house of worship to prevent its desecration. Schoenbrunn has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	ca. 1935-1943
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B10F02_006_001.tif
Image Height	6238
Image Width	5045
File Size	125422179 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture; Black-and-white photographs
Date created	2010-04-29
Date modified	2013-05-25

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