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Rudolph Christ
Rudolph Christ (28 February 1750 – 26 July 1833) was a German potter. He was a noted figure of the Moravian community in today's Old Salem, North Carolina, where he was master potter between 1789 and 1821. Early life Christ was born in Lauffen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in 1750. He emigrated with his parents, Rudolph Sr. and Anna Wolfer, to Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, around 1753. Career By 1766, when he was sixteen years of age, Christ had moved to the American colony of the Province of North Carolina, where he was working as an apprentice for compatriot Gottfried Aust, master potter in Bethabara. It is believed there was a lot of friction between them throughout their careers. Christ moved to Salem, Province of North Carolina, in 1789, after the death of Aust. He remained there until his retirement in 1821. He held several civic roles, including being on the Congregation Council and the Aufseher Collegium. His press-molded figural bottle ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauffen Am Neckar
Lauffen am Neckar () or simply Lauffen is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the river Neckar, southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin and for its quality wines – in particular the "Lauffener Katzenbeißer Schwarzriesling". Geography Lauffen is located in the southern part of the district of Heilbronn, south of Heilbronn and north of the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, on the Neckar. The small river Zaber flows into the Neckar at this point. The neck of the previous great bow in the course of the north-flowing Neckar was broken through by erosion somewhere between 400 BC and 100 BC and for several centuries the watercourse survived as a ring of lakes. The old circular riverbed is now dry, apart from one small artificial lake. Along the old riverbed, a round hill was formed – its slopes now partially covered by the Kaywald forest and with other areas given over to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravian Church
, image = AgnusDeiWindow.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , caption = Church emblem featuring the Agnus Dei.Stained glass at the Rights Chapel of Trinity Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States , main_classification = Proto-Protestant , orientation = Hussite ( Bohemian) with Pietist Lutheran influences , founder = followers of Jan Hus and Petr Chelčický , founded_date = 1457 , founded_place = Bohemia , congregations = 1,000+ , number_of_followers = 1,112,120 (2016) , website = The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren ( cs, Jednota bratrská, links=no) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Luther's Reformation. The church's heritage can be traced to 1457 in Bohemian Crown territory, including its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Salem, North Carolina
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German Potters
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1833 Deaths
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1750 Births
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God's Acre Cemetery (Old Salem)
God's Acre Cemetery (also known as Salem Moravian God's Acre and Salem Moravian Graveyard) is a cemetery for the Moravian Church, Moravian congregation in Old Salem, North Carolina. It is located around north of the town's Home Moravian Church and also serves the thirteen member churches of Salem's congregation: Ardmore, Bethesda, Calvary, Christ, Fairview, Fires, Home, Immanuel New Eden, Konnoak Hills, Messiah, Pine Chapel, St. Philips Moravian Church, St Philips and Trinity. St Philips has a second cemetery in the northeastern corner of the adjacent Salem Cemetery (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), Salem Cemetery. Burials are organized chronologically. There are no statues, only uniform white square headstones (20" x 24" x 4" for adults) laid into the ground, because Moravians believe that everyone is equal in death. The graves are arranged in line with the 18th-century choir format: men and boys are separated from women and girls. Family ties are not considered: the cemetery it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Academy
Salem Academy is a boarding and day school for high school girls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It shares its campus with Salem College, located near historic Old Salem. Salem Academy is the oldest private school in North Carolina, and the 4th-oldest boarding school in the United States. History Salem was founded in 1772 by early Moravian settlers who held the view that girls deserved an education comparable to that afforded boys. Among the town's early residents were 16 girls and women who traveled, mostly on foot, more than 500 miles from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to join the new community. One of them was 17-year-old Elisabeth Oesterlein, who would be the first teacher of what is now Salem Academy and College. There were very few girls' schools at the time, particularly in the South. Word quickly spread about the girls' school, and the school accepted boarding students in 1802. The school grew considerably throughout the 19th century both in size and course offerings, with col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Oesterlein
Elisabeth Oesterlein Christ (commonly known Elisabeth Oesterlein; September 12, 1749 – December 3, 1802) was an American educator. She founded Salem College in today's Old Salem, North Carolina. She was also the school's first teacher. Life and career Oesterlein was born in Bethlehem in the Province of Pennsylvania in 1749. With her fellow Moravians, she relocated to the Wachovia Tract, in the Province of North Carolina, in 1766, settling initially in Bethabara. She and fifteen other girls walked the approximately from Bethlehem, on the Great Wagon Road, setting out on October 2 and arriving on October 31. She moved to Salem Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ..., Province in North Carolina, shortly thereafter, where she was elected the first teacher for a "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethabara Historic District
Bethabara Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings and archaeological remains of a small Moravian community, that was first settled in 1753. Located in present-day Forsyth County, North Carolina, it is now a public park of the city of Winston-Salem. It was designated National Historic Landmark in 1999. History Bethabara (from the Hebrew, meaning "House of Passage" and pronounced beth-ab-bra, the name of the traditional site of the Baptism of Jesus Christ) was a village located in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was the site where twelve men from the Moravian Church first settled in 1753 in an abandoned cabin in the tract of land the church had purchased from Lord Granville and dubbed Wachovia. Its early settlers were noted for advanced agricultural practices, especially their medicine Garden, which produced over fifty kinds of herbs. Bethabara was never meant to be a permanent settlement. It was intended to house the Moravians until a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Salem
Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. This small city features a living history museum (operated by the non-profit Old Salem Museums & Gardens, organized as Old Salem Inc.) that interprets the restored Moravian community. The non-profit organization began its work in 1950, although some private residents had restored buildings earlier. As the Old Salem Historic District, it was declared a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1966 and and expanded in 2016. The district showcases the culture of the Moravian settlement in North Carolina during the 18th and 19th centuries, communal buildings, churches, houses, and shops. Two buildings are individually designated as NHLs: the Salem Tavern and the Single Brothers' House. Additional buildings and properties have been added to the National Register that expand the historic area (see St. Philips Moravian Church below, Single Brothers Indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottfried Aust
Gottfried Aust (5 April 1722 – 27 October 1788) was a German master potter. He was the first master potter in the Moravian community in today's Old Salem, North Carolina. Early life Aust was born in Heidersdorf, Germany. After learning the weaving trade from his father, he left home in 1742 for the Moravian congregation in Herrnhut. There, he learned the pottery trade from Andreas Dober. A decade later, he moved to Niesky, where he remained for two years. He sailed from London, aboard the ''Irene'', on 22 September 1754, and arrived in New York two months later. He settled in Bethlehem, Province of Pennsylvania, working for master potter Michael Odenwald. He moved to Bethabara, Province of North Carolina, part of the Wachovia Tract, in October 1755, shortly after the Moravian Church expanded to the American South from Pennsylvania. Career Aust was a pioneer in the use of creamware, white, salt-glazed stoneware and tin-glazed earthenware. His apprentices included Rudolp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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