Unesco's recognition as a World Heritage Site has brought more international attention to the small Saxon town of Herrnhut. "The demand from visitors from abroad is increasing," says Konrad Fischer, head of the cultural and tourist office. People with a special interest in religious history are coming specifically to the town, which was declared a World Heritage Site almost a year ago as part of the settlements of the Moravian Church.
The town in south-eastern Saxony bears the Unesco seal together with Christiansfeld in Denmark, Bethlehem in the US state of Pennsylvania and Gracehill in Northern Ireland. "The international character does justice to the worldwide spread of the Moravian Church," says Fischer. However, it is a certain challenge to explain to visitors that Herrnhut only makes up a quarter of the transnational World Heritage Site.
