Anna Nitschmann

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Title

Anna Nitschmann

Subject

Anna Nitschmann

Description

portrait of a single sister, cap with red ribbon, dark (green?) ribbon on sleeve, showing right hand holding piece of paper: 'Sein Blut Er vergoßen für mich, Würmelein' (HG 522:3). gold frame
Anna Nitschmann (1715-1760), called 'Caritas', was born in Kunewalde, Moravia. She became congregational eldress in Herrnhut at the age of 14 (1730), organized the single sisters' choir in Herrnhut, traveled to Pennsylvania with her father (1740), traveled with Zinzendorf through Pennsylvania, returns to Europe (1743), she was 'Mother of the Church' (1746-1756), and general eldress of all the single sisters. She was Zinzendorf's closest coworker with the the title 'Jüngerin ́ (disciple) (since Dec. 1756) and she became his 2nd wife in 1757. She died in Herrnhut.

Source

Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA

Date

(1715-1760), restored in 1946

Format

23 1/2 x 28 1/4 " (59.5 x 71.5 cm)
48 x 60.5 " (19 x 60.5 cm)

Identifier

Da01z004

Files

PC010.jpg

Citation

“Anna Nitschmann,” Stories of the Susquehanna Valley, accessed May 16, 2024, http://ssv.omeka.bucknell.edu/omeka/items/show/551.