Harmony Society

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The Harmony Society was a 19th-century German-American religious communal group known for its pietist beliefs, celibate lifestyle, and prosperous utopian settlements in the United States.

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Harmony Society canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pietist group ⓘ
religious communal society ⓘ
utopian community ⓘ
abandonedSettlement Harmony, Pennsylvania ⓘ
New Harmony, Indiana ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Economites ⓘ
Harmonists ⓘ
Rappites ⓘ
coreBelief celibacy ⓘ
communal ownership of property ⓘ
literal interpretation of the Bible ⓘ
millenarianism ⓘ
separation from the world ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
declineCause aging celibate population ⓘ
lack of new converts ⓘ
dissolutionYearApproximate early 20th century ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
distilling ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
finalHeadquarters Economy, Pennsylvania ⓘ
firstSettlementFounded Harmony, Pennsylvania ⓘ
foundedBy Frederick Rapp ⓘ
Johann Georg Rapp ⓘ
linked to: George Rapp
foundingLocation Harmony, Pennsylvania ⓘ
foundingYear 1805 ⓘ
governanceForm theocratic leadership ⓘ
heritageSite Old Economy Village ⓘ
heritageSiteLocation Ambridge, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Ambridge
influenced American utopian movements ⓘ
Robert Owen’s New Harmony experiment context ⓘ
influencedBy German Pietism ⓘ
linked to: Pietism

Radical Reformation traditions ⓘ
languageOfCommunity German ⓘ
migratedTo United States ⓘ
notableCharacteristic distinctive German-American culture ⓘ
high level of economic prosperity ⓘ
orderly town planning ⓘ
notableLeader Frederick Rapp ⓘ
Johann Georg Rapp ⓘ
linked to: George Rapp
peakMembershipApproximate around 800 members ⓘ
regionOfActivity Indiana ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Pietism ⓘ
secondSettlementFounded New Harmony, Indiana ⓘ
settlementEstablished Economy, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Harmony, Pennsylvania ⓘ
New Harmony, Indiana ⓘ
settlementSold New Harmony, Indiana ⓘ
socialPractice celibate communal living ⓘ
community of goods ⓘ
separate housing for men and women ⓘ
strict moral discipline ⓘ
soldSettlementTo Robert Owen ⓘ
thirdSettlementFounded Economy, Pennsylvania ⓘ
yearSettlementSold 1825 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ambridge → formerlyOccupiedBy → Harmony Society ⓘ
Old Economy Village → builtFor → Harmony Society ⓘ
Old Economy Village → heritageOf → Harmony Society ⓘ
Old Economy Village → foundedBy → Harmony Society ⓘ
New Harmony, Indiana → foundedByCommunity → Harmony Society ⓘ
New Harmony, Indiana → purchasedFrom → Harmony Society ⓘ
Inspirationists → relatedMovement → Harmony Society ⓘ