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Tea in the countryside
Regal garden, Herrnhuter cementary and the garden of the Museum for Local History – these three together are known as the “Herrnhuter Gärten”. The regal garden with its baroque style is a memorial to its founder, von Zinzendorf. Following his orders the Moravian gardener Töltschik started building the garden in 1728. In later years the area was expanded and its arrangements were refined, while every day one of the brothers was deputed to work there. For the inauguration von Zinzendorf invited more than hundred guests to the garden. Walking through the contemporary garden of the Museum for Local History the visitor discovers a small garden pavillion dating back to the times of von Zinzendorf. Its roof bears some resemblance with the castle at Pillnitz near Dresden. Like the pleasure palace of August the Strong this garden pavillion has an Asiatic appearance. This reflects a predilection for the exotic many rulers entertained at the time. Within the gardens at Herrnhut there are alltogether 30 historic summer houses.