Herrnhaag
The Lord Hague is a settlement between the Büdinger districts Lorbach, Diebach and Vonhausen in the Wetterau / Hessen / Germany.
History
The Lord Hague was founded in 1738 by the Imperial Count von Zinzendorf, who was here with his Moravian Church, a Lutheran- Pietist faith community, refuge. After the banishment from Saxony in 1736 the religious refugees found shelter on the first Ronneburg. As the place after two years was almost there, the brothers went at the invitation of Count Ernst Casimir Ysenburg and Büdingen on the Herrnhaag located within sight.
The design of buildings and settlement followed the plan, to realize "life" a living and service community in which class differences were largely eliminated. The people lived and worked according to their life situation, eg unmarried or widowed, together in so-called choir worldwide. However, there were also family houses.
When Count Gustav Friedrich von Ysenburg - Budingen, the son and successor of Count Ernst Casimir of the faith brothers demanded an allegiance to bind the economically successful and missionary community in the county Büdingen, all members of the Brethren refused. The Count thereupon decreed in emigration edict of 12 February 1750, the resolution and set a deadline of three years. The then 18 houses and around 1,000 people comprehensive community was therefore dissolved already in 1753 again.
The Lord Hague was training and starting point for further Protestant missions of the Moravian Church in various parts of Africa, Greenland and North America. After the politically enforced task of Mr Hague, the inhabitants scattered throughout the world and founded, among others, missions in North, Central and South America, in Europe and in North India.
Since then, the settlement served as, among other
- Summer residence of the counts of Ysenburg - Büdingen
- Camp of the troops of Napoleon
- Quarters of the Reich Labor Service - The camp was closed in the late fall of 1932, decorated in "Graf house" for the voluntary labor service. Approximately 150 persons aged 18-25 years talking up there under military discipline. The work of agents have been used in road construction in a Diebach H., Hain- Gruendau and Mittelgründau.
- Prisoner of war camp during the time of National Socialism
Current usage
- Association of Friends of Mr Hague
- The firm Mr. Haag ( an ecumenical community of the Brethren ( Moravians ) )
- The youth workshop Mr Hague (Member of the Social Service Agency of Hesse -Nassau )
In the Baroque Hall of the Count House of Mr Hague's regular concerts and cultural events. The Count House as a whole is a venue for retreats / setup times. In the former so-called " sister house", the firm Mr Haag lives an open house for guests.
Evangelical Church
Not far from the village is the Protestant Church Mr Hague with the cemetery. The neoclassical church hall was built in 1834 and extensively renovated in the 1950s.
Personalities
- Abraham and David Roentgen ( born August 11, 1743 Mr Hague), manufacturers of fine furniture in Neuwied