Schoenbrunn Village
PO Box 129
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
330-339-3636 1-800-752-2711

"Christianized by the Moravian sect, it is a pretty town consisting of about sixty houses, and is built of logs covered with clapboards. It is regularly laid out in three spacious streets which meet in the centre, where there is a meetinghouse..."

--Nicholas Cresswell, 1775

The Moravian church founded Schoenbrunn ("beautiful spring") in 1772 as a mission to the Delaware Indians. The settlement grew to include sixty dwellings and more than 300 inhabitants who drew up Ohio's first civil code and built its first Christian church and schoolhouse.

Problems associated with the American Revolution prompted Schoenbrunn's closing in 1777. Schoenbrunn's story features a rare meeting of Indian and European cultures and a fascinating perspective on the American Revolution.

Today the reconstructed village includes seventeen log buildings, gardens, the original mission cemetery, and a museum and visitor center. The site also includes natural areas and picnic facilities.

LOCATION

Schoenbrunn Village is at the southeast edge of New Philadelphia, in Tuscarawas County, on State Route 259. It is about four miles southeast of exit 81 off of I-77