Lititz, Pennsylvania
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 Johann Agust Sutter House , the former house of Johann August Sutter in Lititz (2012) |
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Foundation : | 1756 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Lancaster County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 9 ′ N , 76 ° 18 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,458 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 1,573.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.02 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6.01 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 116 m | ||
| Postal code : | 17543 | ||
| Area code : | +1 717 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1215340 | ||
| Website : | www.lititzpa.com | ||
| Mayor : | Timothy Snyder ( Republican Party ) | ||
 Map of Lancaster County |
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Lititz is a municipal self-government unit ( borough ) in the southern US state of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County and is the seat of the oldest boarding school for girls in the United States.
history
The founder of the Moravian Brethren , Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , visited Warwick (today a neighboring town of Lititz) in December 1742. Because of his sermons, one of the landowners (Georg Klein) converted to the Moravians. In 1754 Klein donated his entire farm with around 240 hectares to the Moravians. Members of the Moravian Brethren founded the settlement in 1756, which was named after Lititz Castle in today's Czech Republic in the Wildenschwert district .
Until 1855, only members of the Brethren were allowed to own houses here - other people were only allowed to rent houses. The Linden-Hall girls' boarding school, which has existed since 1794, is the oldest all-girls boarding school in the United States. The boarding school has been officially recognized since 1863.
In 1861, Julius Sturgis started making pretzels as the first in the United States . From 1865 to 2016, Lititz was the headquarters and production site of the Wilbur Chocolate Company .
From 1871 until his death (1880), the Californian pioneer Johann August Sutter lived in Lititz and at times in a hotel in Washington, DC, in order to advance his petition with the members of parliament and senators regarding compensation.
Lancaster County - including Lititz - is an area that belongs to whipping .
In 2013 Lititz was voted America's Coolest Small Town in a national competition run by the Budget Travel booking platform . There is the Lititz Pretzel Fest , which was supposed to be sponsored by the Kiwanis Club in 2020 , but was canceled that year due to the Corona crisis.
Five buildings and sites in the area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of March 27, 2020), including the Johann Agust Sutter House , the Julius Sturgis Pretzel House and the Lititz Moravian Historic District
Partnerships
 Kunvald
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Czech Republic | since 2006 |
 Emmaus
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Pennsylvania |
Personalities connected to Lititz
- Matthäus Gottfried Hehl (1705–1787); German-American clergyman and bishop of the Moravian Brethren
- Johann Christian Bechler (1784-1857); Bishop of the Moravian Brethren and composer
- Johann August Sutter (1803-1880); Swiss pioneer in colonizing California
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (1824-1913); American politician
- Carl Christian Rasmussen (1890-1992); American Lutheran minister and theologian
- Roger Jacob Steiner (1924-2012); American linguist, romance scholar, and lexicographer
literature
- John G. Zook (editor): Historical and pictorial Lititz , Lititz 1905 in the Internet Archive
Web links
- The history of Lititz and the Lititz historical foundation on the homepage of the Lititz historical foundation; accessed on March 27, 2020
- Community Visitors Guide (pdf); accessed on March 27, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ The partner municipality of Lititz, Kunvald, is also located in this district.
- ↑ A girls' school as a forerunner of the boarding school had existed since 1748.
- ^ History of Linden Hall on the Linden Hall homepage; accessed on March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Louisa A. Weitzel, Chas. D. Kreider: Linden Hall Seminary. In: John G. Zook (editor): Historical and pictorial Lititz , Lititz 1905, p. 27 in the Internet Archive
- ↑ The Sturgis family has continuously baked pretzels since Julius founded his bakery in 1861. Homepage of the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery; accessed on March 27, 2020
- ^ Homepage of the Lititz Pretzel Fest ; accessed on March 27, 2020
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 27, 2020.