Herrnhut

municipality in Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
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Summary

Herrnhut is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Herrnhut ranks in the top 6% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,410 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Görlitz District[3], Saxony[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Instance of: city[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Bad Boll[7]
  • Postal code: 02747[8]
  • Part of: Moravian Church Settlements[9]
  • Commons category: Herrnhut[10]
  • Licence plate code: GR[11]
  • Local dialing code: 035873[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1722[13]
  • Coordinate location: 51.016666666667, 14.741666666667[14]
  • Official website: https://www.herrnhut.de/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Herrnhut[16]
  • Population: 5865[17], 5981[18], 5922[19], 5773[20], 5849[21], 5814[22], 5695[23], 5654[24]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Herrnhut[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Herrnhut[30]
  • Has characteristic: Moravian Church[31]
  • Native label: Herrnhut[32]
  • Category for people buried here: Q43383634[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Herrnhut[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 344[35]
  • Area: 19.88[36], 74.13[37]
  • Hashtag: Herrnhut[38]
  • P14586: 87548[39]

Why It Matters

Herrnhut has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Herrnhut is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+5865'}, {'amount': '+5981'}, {'amount': '+5922'} +5
    Wikidata description → municipality in Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 87548
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 87548, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Population → {'amount': '+5865'}, {'amount': '+5981'}, {'amount': '+5922'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0318445-Herrnhut-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0318445-Herrnhut-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 19w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → —
    Viaf id → —
    Twinned administrative body → —
    Woeid → —
    + 110 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ہرنہٹ]]"
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