Niesky

Niesky is a small city inside the district of Gorlitz in Upper Lusatia. With simply under 10,000 population Niesky is one of the smallest cities inside the Free State of Saxony, which have the popularity of the county seat. First evolved in 1742 as a colony of the Moravian Moravian Church, Niesky is one of the youngest neighborhood foundations inside the district of Gorlitz, however soon developed right into a domestically huge location. On August 8, 1742, Bohemian exiles, who had left their Catholic home due to spiritual distress, laid the foundation stone for the primary 3 homes within the village.

They had joined the brotherhood in Herrnhut and were given the opportunity to choose the manor Trebus, whose proprietor turned into Siegmund August von Gersdorf himself, a member of the brotherhood. In December 1750 acquired a younger member of the Brethren, Gunther Urban Anton Lubeck 1723 to 1788 and the manor. The Zinzendorfplatz Nieskys changed into designed at the model of the Pillnitz Castle. The call of the new agreement comes from the Czech, nizky way in German low. Their new home become low compared to the mountains of Bohemia. At the identical time, the place call emphasized inside the spiritual understanding how simple, small and occasional guy is earlier than God.