NEW PHILADELPHIA — Schoenbrunn Village, founded in 1772 as a Moravian mission among the Delaware Indians, was the first Christian settlement in Ohio. The village is the site of several Ohio firsts — settlement, church, schoolhouse and code of laws. Although the village established by Dave Zeisberger prospered for several years, pressures from encroaching settlers and British-aligned Indians forced the abandonment of Schoenbrunn in 1777, shortly after […]
Source: The Daily Jeff – News from Camberidge OH
Schoenbrunn Village is a historical destination for all ages
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