Anna Caritas Nitschmann, Countess von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, (24 November 1715,

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– 21 May 1760, Herrnhut,

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) was a

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(''Missionarin''), lyrical poet, and the second wife of Count

Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figu ...

. By virtue of her marriage, she became a member of the House of Zinzendorf, one of the most prominent noble families in the region.

Biography

Born as the younger daughter of David Nitschmann (1676-1758) and his wife, Anna Schneider (1680-1735), she served as the Chief Eldress of the Renewed

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for most of her life, from the age of 14. Her duties as Chief Eldress were to serve as a spiritual mentor and counsellor to the female members of the congregations. Most of her life was spent in close connection with the Zinzendorf household, although a couple of years were spent doing itinerant mission work among the women of southeastern Pennsylvania. She then returned to Europe to resume her work among the various Moravian congregations. After the death of Zinzendorf's first wife, she was married to him on 27 June 1757, but both of them died within a couple of years. She is buried in Herrnhut, Germany.

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1715 births 1760 deaths People from Nový Jičín District 18th-century Bohemian poets Czech women writers German women poets Writers of the Moravian Church Moravian Church missionaries Moravian-German people Female Christian missionaries German Protestant missionaries Czech women poets Czech Protestant missionaries Protestant missionaries in the United States 18th-century Bohemian women {{Germany-poet-stub

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