Buildings and Features of Special Interest

The Moravian Pharmacy was built in 1783 at no. 21 Lindegade. This beautiful building still houses Christiansfeld's pharmacy.
The pharmacy gardens were relaid and opened to the public in 1990, in accordance with a plan and list of plants from the Moravian town of Bethabara in the U.S.A. dated 1761.
Christiansfeld's original pharmacy garden had, on its foundation in 1783, a geometrically laid out garden for medicinal herbs, with a selection of plants that closely mirrored the American one. This assumption is given credence by the names of the preparations on the old jars and glasses which are still found in the pharmacy.
At the entrance to the avenue which leads to "God's Acre" one's attention is drawn to an imposing building which carries the coat of arms of Count Zinzendorf and the arms of Christiansfeld, whilst the shield in the middle is pure invention.
In 1907 the building replaced the town's old engine house at the church square. The new building came to house not only the new fire station but also the church's museum until the latter was moved to the "Widows' House". The house was later sold and is now a private residence.
During World War 1, as late as May 1916, the Moravians bought Ravnbjerg Manor, the manor which bordered Tyrstrup Manor.
These lands were subsequently run in tandem. The purchase of Ravnbjerg Manor was probably an attempt by the church to protect the value of their capital during the war, a olicy from which the church benefitted at the end of the war in1918. Due to the difficult economic times that followed in the wake of the break up of Germany, the church was compelled to sell both Tyrstrup Manor, Ravnbjerg Manor and the Christiansfeld soap manufacturers on December 7, 1919 , whilst the commercial house of Spielwerg & Co. as well as "The Brothers' House" abattoir were leased out.

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