David Nitschmann der Syndikus (David Nitschmann the

Syndic Syndic (Late Latin: '; Greek: ' – one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative) is a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a universi ...

; September 20, 1703 in Zauchtenthal/ Suchdol nad Odrou – March 28, 1779 in

Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year ...

) was a Czech-born Moravian missionary. He went to the East Indies and served briefly as a missionary in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. He was forced to leave because of political difficulties. He became a leading member of the executive boards of the Herrnhuter or Moravian Brethren and often led negotiations with governments, hence his title "Syndicus". His son was Christian David Nitschmann.

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1703 births 1779 deaths Moravian Church missionaries Protestant missionaries in Sri Lanka Czech Protestant missionaries Czech people of the Moravian Church {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub