One of the several evidences of the organizational genius of Count Zinzendorf was the creation of Gemein Ort - congregational towns. The Gemein Ort was distinct, different, from a traditional village - which usually had a church. But with the Gemein Ort, or congregational town, there was no distinction between the congregation and the government of the town. It was a coherent whole.
Eventually there were more than twenty such communities in Germany, the Netherlands, England, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland and North America. Salem in North Carolina was one of the last to be established.
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