Großhennersdorf

Großhennersdorf
Ortsteil of Herrnhut
Coat of arms
Location of Großhennersdorf
Großhennersdorf Großhennersdorf
Coordinates: 50°59′27″N 14°47′36″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Görlitz
Town	Herrnhut
Area
• Total	21.94 km2 (8.47 sq mi)
Elevation	341 m (1,119 ft)
Population  (2009-12-31)
• Total	1,503
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02747
Dialling codes	035873
Vehicle registration	GR
Website	www.grosshennersdorf.de

Großhennersdorf is a village and a former municipality in Görlitz district, Free State of Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Herrnhut. The Bundesstraße 178 connects Großhennersdorf with Löbau and Zittau.

The town was founded in 1296. The town is best known perhaps as the home of Henriette Catharina von Gersdorff m.n. von Friesen, the widow of the Governor of Upper Lusatia, Nicolaus Baron von Gersdorf. The Katharinenhof school is named for her. She raised her grandson, Nicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (1700–1760), the Renewer of the Unitas Fratrum i.e. Moravian Church, in the Castle (now in ruins) in Großhennersdorf. She was an extremely talented, well educated woman, conversant in several languages, an author and poet, with connections all over Europe.

The municipality subdivisions include Großhennersdorf, Neundorf, Schönbrunn, Euldorf and Heuscheune.

External links

• http://www.grosshennersdorf-online.de (in German)