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David Nitschmann (1696-5 October 1772), chief bishop of the [[Moravian Church|Moravian Brethren]], was consecrated on 13 March 1735, in Berlin, [[Germany|Germany]], in the home of the court chaplain Daniel Ernst Jablonski. He undertook many trips to America in the service of the Brethren. In this way he came to [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], where he became the friend of [[Deknatel, Jeme (Joannes) (1698-1759)|Johannes Deknatel]], the pietistic Mennonite preacher. In 1738, while he and [[Zinzendorf, Count Nicholas Ludwig von (1700-1760)|Count Zinzendorf]] were staying in the Rönneburg Castle near Budingen, Hesse, he wrote a letter to Deknatel dated 19 June 1738. He also wrote a second letter to Deknatel from [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], dated 3 January 1741.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon, </em><span class="gameo_bibliography">4 vols</span>. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 264.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitische Blätter</em> (1858): 32.
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