Herrnhut
Herrnhut is a town of around 6,000 inhabitants in Upper Lusatia, in the district of Görlitz, in eastern Saxony, Germany.
Herrnhut is a town of around 6,000 inhabitants in Upper Lusatia, in the district of Görlitz, in eastern Saxony, Germany. The town is mainly known as the place of origin of the community of the Moravian Church, and of the Moravian Stars.
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Worth seeing in and around Herrnhut
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Berthelsdorf Church (Evangelisch Lutherische Kirchgemeinde Berthelsdorf und Herrnhut), Schulstraße 27 (in the adjoining village of Berthelsdorf, about 1.3 km from the centre of Herrnhut, and next to Count Zinzendorf's Manor House - see below), fax: +49 35873-33745, pfarramt@kirche-berthelsdorf.de.
- 01Museum of Ethnology
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Things to do
Arthouse Cinema (Kunstbauerkino), Am Sportplatz 3 (in the adjoining village of Großhennersdorf, about 4.5 km from the centre of Herrnhut), fax: +49 35873-30921, info@kunstbauerkino.de. Regional alternative culture centre featuring arthouse cinema as well as concerts by non-mainstream musicians and bands, cabaret, art exhibitions, and public readings. Also has an alternative-style pub (see below).
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Where to eat
Förster Café (Café Förster), August-Bebel-Straße 16, info@cafe-herrnhut.de. Tue-Sun from 11:00. Family-run traditional café specialising in regional gourmet cakes and homemade ice creams that come in 35 flavours. It is a common summer sight to see families seated on the café's front steps, all enjoying ice cream bought at the café's ice cream cart, which is permanently stationed in front of the establishment.
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Getting to Herrnhut
- Airports
- Dresden (DRS), 69 km · Václav Havel Prague (PRG), 107 km · Pardubice (PED), 132 km
- Dresden → Herrnhut70 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · €11–15
- Berlin → Herrnhut191 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · €28–39
- Schkeuditz → Herrnhut181 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €23–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for Herrnhut
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Herrnhut. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Herrnhut
- Berthelsdorfvillage in Saxony, Germany, quarter of Herrnut1.7 km
- Obercunnersdorfhuman settlement in Germany5.1 km
- Strahwaldehuman settlement in Germany1.8 km