historic schoenbrunn village

We throroughly enjoyed our visit to Schoenbrunn. The museum video really gave a very good context. The museum added to our knowledge - all before starting out and visiting the re-constructed village itself. My father-in-law could not have walked through the village, but they had a special wheelchair that he was able to drive so that he could see the entire village. The self guiding tour booklet really made things come to life with the many stories. I understand that sometimes there are people dressed up in the homes and this helps even more. We enjoyed it even without the people. Well worth an hour of your time.

The woman at the reception desk was very helpful. The area is nicely maintained and there is a lot of information on the history of the settlement. Definitely a recommend for anyone interested in history

Very informative. Neat and tidy. Had been about 40 years since my last visit. Was expecting a little more of a guided tour but still nice. Staff very nice and friendly. Would suggest doing one of the special events like the lantern walk if looking for a living history guided tour

I visited Schoenbrunn Village MANY years ago- more than 50. I still remembered the tiny cabins and their dirt floors. They altered my perception of pioneer life, which many of us get from "Little House..." reruns! I also recall my horrified reaction at what happened here. The village was peaceful, today. I toured the small museum, watched the video, and walked the village and "God's Acre" cemetery in about 90 minutes. I took the time to drive down the road a ways and visited the "Beautiful Spring". I enjoyed the attraction and found it very interesting. Huge, beautiful shade trees helped with the walk in the summer sun. There is a nice restroom building at the museum, but the ones at the picnic shelter were closed. Sadly, that beautiful shelter has seen better days, though it is usable. I do wish Ohio would put more money into its irreplaceable historical sites.There is a small gift shop here, and what appeared to be a rugged electric wheelchair. The village is laid out along grass walkways, its authenticity making accessibility less possible. The ground is level for easy walking, and the village is compact.A visit to Schoenbrunn can be easily paired with a trip to nearby Zoar Village, The JE Reeves Home in Dover, or a performance of "Trumpet in the Land."

All residence of Ohio must see this historic village. Also anyone from outside Ohio that is interested in history.

We visited Schoenbrunn this past weekend, and in the past we've been there several other times. The collection of historical photographs in the museum shows just how much of a stir Schoenbrunn caused when the site of the original 1770s settlement and the recreation of the buildings took place. Over the years, decreasing State Historical Society budgets took their toll on sites such as Schoenbrunn. We were pleased, then, to find volunteers in historic dress demonstrating eighteenth-century crafts and available to answer questions about life at Schoenbrunn when the original settlement existed, from 1772 to 1777. Although just some of the foundation stones and some of the hearthstones in the cabins are original, the site really does provide a glimpse of life on the frontier for the Moravian missionaries and their Native American converts. The film in the visitor's center/museum really helps to put Schoenbrunn into context and the museum part of the building contains artifacts from the settlement, as well as explanatory placards that reinforce the film. I'm not sure how consistently you'll find the interpretative guides on site, because the previous two times we visited they weren't there. It would be nice if they had someone in the church and the school to talk a little about education and religion in the settlement (as had been the case maybe 15-20 years ago when we visited), but in any case, Schoenbrunn seems to be on the upswing. Let's just hope that the rumored incursion by the adjacent airport doesn't negatively affect this historic site.

Would be great for children. Very informative and enjoyed looking at how they lived back then. Makes you happy for what we have and how we live today.

A great lesson in the history of the early settlers in the Tuscarawas Valley. An interesting site to learn a little of the history of this area. The guides are a volunteer staff that will tell you about all the areas of Schoenbrunn from graveyard to school and church. There is a lot of walking and I don't recommend it if you have trouble in this area. You can almost feel the indians of times past watching you.

Very interesting place to visit. The bottom area picnic shelters are rundown and not kept up. It's a shame because they would be nice areas to have family picnics/reunions.

As participants we hope those of you who came to the event had as much fun as we did. We taught weaving to children and demonstrated 18th Century Living cooking and lifestyle.

This is such a great place to visit and get a real feeling for how life was in the beginning here in Ohio. The cabins, the gardens, and the museum help us to imagine what it must have been like to live here. I love the live demonstrations of candle making, old times children's games, and others. The tour guides are knowledgeable. I also love the lantern tours and church services.

For $5.00 we got to go back in time. We learned about the origins of many phrases that were practical and are still used today. We learned about medicines, living conditions. the Christian Indians and a conflict that should never have happened. Everyone in period costumes, muskets were being used, rules of combat explained. We enjoyed this very much.

If you are a history buff, and love Ohio, very cool little place to check out. Making your way from building to building, house to house, seeing how the first settlers lived, how they survived, amazingly neat! Stop, take the kids, show them how EASY we have it nowadays compared to what these people went through EVERY day. Maybe they will learn some history, and other more important things! I always drop a few dollars in the donation jar on the way out.

Before visiting the 17 cabins in the frontier village watch the video in the Visitor's Center about this first settlement of the Moravian Missionary Devid Zeisberger. Schoenbrunn means "Beautiful Spring." Use the Walking Tour brochure to guide your steps through the village. Schoenbrunn was a Delaware Indian mission town founded in 1772. Enter their cabins, school, and church. See the fences and gardens while getting the "feel" of live at the mission. The Visitor's Center has a good variety of books and materials to enhance your experience and allow further study of this historic location. Visit Schoenbrunn before going to Gnadenhutten so that you get the full historic impact of both village sites.

Since we were already up in the area to see the Warther Museum, we decided to check out this historical Ohio village and we weren't disappointed. It's a small, recreated town that was the home to the Moravian order in the 1770's. There are several buildings, each complete with the trappings of 1772 life, so the kids can sit on the straw-stuffed mattresses on rope beds, play around with the various Dutch ovens and spider stands and see the candle boxes and different plowing equipment. There's a big church building and a cemetery where the Native Americans were buried. There are docents in some of the buildings, one who shows you how to dip candles and another shows you weaving and they answer questions about the fields and the crops, etc. There's a good video at the beginning, about 11 minutes, to give you the history, then it's a self-guided tour with a brochure to tell you about the various houses. It's interesting to learn about the settlers and their leader, a man who actually wrote text books in the Delaware tribe's language so the children could be taught. We spent about an hour there and it was a good learning experience. There is also a Colonial village in the area, called Zoar Village, so if you in the area for the Warther, you can cover several different time periods!