Benigna Zinzendorf, also known as Henrietta Benigna Justine Zinzendorf von Watteville (1725–1789), was the founder of the first boarding school for girls in the British American colonies, which became Moravian University and Moravian Academy. She was a missionary among Native Americans and assisted her father, Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf, and her husband, Bishop Johannes Langguth, in their religious activities in Europe and America. She enjoyed music and was an Eldress to girls' choirs beginning at the age of 14 and was a leader in an adult choir after she was married.
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BenignaZinzendorf, also known as Henrietta Benigna Justine Zinzendorf von Watteville (1725–1789), was the founder of the first boarding school for girls...
to 1742, and includes the following highlights: 1742: Countess Benigna Von Zinzendorf opens Moravian Seminary for Girls. 1971: Moravian Preparatory School...
The institution can trace its roots back to its founder Countess BenignaZinzendorf, who established the seminary in 1742. It moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...
U.S. The seminary was created by Benigna, Countess von Zinzendorf, the daughter of Count Nikolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, who was the benefactor of the fledgling...
College 1723 William Smith Episcopalian Moravian College 1742 Benigna, Countess von Zinzendorf Moravian Washington and Lee University 1749 In 1749, Scotch-Irish...
Dorothea of Reuss-Ebersdorf, was married to Count Nicholas Louis von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, leader of the revivalist Moravian Church. This background...
similar to what boys were taught were instituted in 1742 by Countess Benigna von Zinzendorf. Her classes were held in the Gemeinhaus and even predated the first...
Lobenstein 28. Heinrich XIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf 57. Countess Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach 14. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf 58. Wolfgang...
Synod Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf – founded the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his daughter Benigna organized the school that would become...
master mason Melchior Rasp, in 1754 in hopes that Count Nikolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf would return from Europe and settle permanently in the community; he never...
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