Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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| Foundation : | 1741 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| Counties : |
Lehigh County Northampton County |
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| Coordinates : | 40 ° 38 ′ N , 75 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 74,982 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,502.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 50.3 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 49.9 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 109 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 18015-18018, 18020, 18025 | ||
| Area code : | +1 610 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-06088 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1169426 | ||
| Website : | www.bethlehem-pa.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Robert J. Donchez (since 2014) | ||
Bethlehem is a city in eastern Pennsylvania , United States . It is located in Northampton and Lehigh Counties . Bethlehem borders the neighboring towns of Allentown and Easton and is part of the Lehigh Valley Community. In the north are the Poconos, foothills of the Appalachian Mountains . The Lehigh River flows through Bethlehem . According to the 2010 census, the city had 74,982 inhabitants.
history
Bethlehem was named by Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on Christmas Eve of 1741 . The place was founded as the capital of the Moravian Brethren in North America. The brother bishop David Nitschmann is considered to be the town's founder, and his uncle of the same name also played an important role. Until the 1860s, the residents of Bethlehem ran a common household to support the “messengers” or missionaries among the German immigrants and Indians. The place was a closed Moravian settlement until 1848 and was administered by the church administration. Only members of the Moravian Brethren were allowed to live there. After the American Civil War (1861-1865), the steel industry was built up in the neighboring town of South Bethlehem, and it achieved a worldwide reputation under the name Bethlehem Steel .
In April 2017, the Moravian Bethlehem district , the core of the Moravian Brethren, was put on the tentative list by the United States Department of the Interior as a proposal for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List .
education
The Moravian College was established as early as 1742 . It is the sixth oldest college in the United States. Bethlehem is also home to Lehigh University .
Twin cities
Sister cities are Bethlehem
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Corfu , Greece, since 2013 -
Murska Sobota , Slovenia, since 1996 -
Schwäbisch Gmünd , Baden-Württemberg, since 1991 -
Tondabayashi , Japan, since 1972
Personalities
Born in Bethlehem
- Lewis David von Schweinitz (1780–1834), botanist
- HD (1886–1961), writer
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), writer
- Chuck Bednarik (1925-2015), American football player
- Fred B. Rooney (1925-2019), politician
- Otto Helmut Kegel (* 1934), German mathematician and university professor
- James Rumbaugh (* 1947), computer scientist
- Gelsey Kirkland (born 1952), ballet dancer
- Carol Guzy (* 1956), press photographer
- Michael Andretti (* 1962), racing team owner and racing car driver
- John Andretti (1963–2020), racing car driver
- Jeff Andretti (* 1964), racing car driver
- Donald Johnson (born 1968), tennis player
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born 1981), actor
- Lauren Tamayo (* 1983), racing cyclist
- Gina Lewandowski (* 1985), soccer player
- Sage Karam (* 1995), racing car driver
- Sabrina Carpenter (* 1999), actress and singer
Associated with Bethlehem
- Johann Gustav Grunewald (1805–1878), German-American painter
- Clayton P. Alderfer (1940-2015), psychologist
- Jonathan Frakes (born 1952), actor
literature
- Craig D. Atwood: Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park 2004, ISBN 978-0-271-05855-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quick facts: Bethlehem ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry Moravian Church Settlements on UNESCO website
- ^ Website Betlehem - Sister Cities , accessed May 3, 2017
