First hause in Christiansfeld 1April 1773 - Denmark

Christiansfeld was founded in 1773 as a planned settlement of the Moravian Church (a non-conformist Lutheran congregation from Germany). The town was designed to represent the Protestant urban ideal, centred around a simple church square. The architecture is homogenous, the yellow-brick buildings unadorned.
During a trip to the Netherlands, King Christian VII visited the Brethren town of Zeist. And they were impressed by what they saw. Here, skilled craftsmen and traders had built a beautiful and well-functioning city.
Therefore, Christian VII invited these skilled and enterprising people to Denmark and let them build a city according to their own model. The intention was to create growth in the area.
Many of the Brethren's towns are built exactly like Christiansfeld. But Christiansfeld is considered to be the most beautifully preserved of the old Brethren towns in Europe. Because here the original town plan has been preserved. And the buildings stand today as they did when the city was founded at the behest of King Christian VII in 1773.
The city's ground plan follows the Church of the Brethren's recipe, where the plan starts from the church with two parallel main streets. One on each side. Christiansfeld is today a well-preserved cultural gem.

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