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[[File:Bethabara Historic Park-1.jpg|thumb|[[Bethabara Moravian Church]], built 1788]]
'''Wachovia''' (((IPAc-en|w|ɑː|ˈ|k|oʊ|v|i|ə))) was the area settled by [[Moravian Church|Moravians]] in what is now [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]], [[North Carolina]], United States.  Of the six 18th-century Moravian "villages of the Lord" established in Wachovia, today only the town of [[Bethania, North Carolina|Bethania]] and city of [[Winston-Salem]] exist within the historic Wachovia Tract. The historical tract was somewhat larger than present-day Winston-Salem and somewhat smaller than present-day Forsyth County.<ref>((Cite web |title=Southern Province and Salem Congregation |url=https://moravianarchives.org/moravian-church-southern-province/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107144327/https://moravianarchives.org/moravian-church-southern-province/ |archive-date=2022-01-07 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Moravian Archives (Winston-Salem)))</ref>

==History==
Wachovia's early settlers were mostly German-speaking people who shared a common Germanic cultural background.

In 1752 Moravian Bishop [[August Gottlieb Spangenberg|August Gottlieb "Brother Joseph" Spangenberg]] led an expedition to locate the area where the Unitas Fratrum, or Moravian church, intended to begin the Wachovia settlements.  Members of the Moravian Church in Europe purchased ((convert|98985|acre|km2)) of land in the backcountry (middle/western area) of the [[Province of North Carolina]], from [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]].

The land in North Carolina was purchased on behalf of the Moravians by John Henry (Johann Heinrich) Antes, who had also served as agent on behalf of the Moravians in the purchase of the ((convert|500|acre|km2|adj=on)) tract which became the city of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]].  He also served as ''Baumeister'' ("construction manager") of the first buildings which still stand in Bethlehem's historic district. ((convert|4000|acre|km2)) were purchased by [[Johann Steinhauer]], leader of the Moravian church in [[Riga]] (today's [[Latvia]]).<ref>Martha Helen Haywood, Hubert Haywood, [[Mary Hilliard Hinton]], E. E. Moffitt, General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution North Carolina Society, The North Carolina Booklet: Great Events in North Carolina History V 9-10 (Capital Printing Company, 1909), Volume IX April 1910 Nr. 4,  Page 204-205; Der North Carolina  Land und Colonie Establissement; https://books.google.com/books?id=84MUAAAAYAAJ,M1." Strangely enough, almost all the contracts and certificates issued by the Society are preserved in the Herrnhut Archives, and after the lapse of more than a century it is possible to compile a complete list of the original shareholders, to note their places of residence, and the order in which they subscribed : ...5. 1754. Johann Steinhauer, Riga, Russia "</ref>

"Wachovia" is a Latinized form of the German name ''[[Wachau]]''. It was chosen as the name of the North Carolina Moravian tract to honor [[Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf|Count Zinzendorf]], Moravian patron and bishop whose family estate was located in the Wachau region northwest of [[Vienna]], along the [[Danube River]] between the towns of [[Melk]] and [[Krems an der Donau|Krems]]. Bishop Spangenberg and the surveying team in 1752 strayed into the mountains of western North Carolina, coming down through what is now [[Wilkes County, NC|Wilkes County]] (viz. "[[Moravian Falls]]" etc.) on their way to the Three Forks of Muddy Creek.  It was this mountainous landscape in the Carolina back country along the [[Catawba River|Catawba]], Little, [[New River (Kanawha River tributary)|New]] and [[Yadkin River]]s that suggested the Wachau region in Lower Austria.<ref>''Records of the Moravians in North Carolina'', vol. 1, pp. 25-69.</ref>

Twelve Moravian Single Brethren traveling from [[Pennsylvania]], most from the Christiansbrunn farm near Nazareth, arrived in Wachovia in 1753, forming [[Bethabara, North Carolina|Bethabara]], in Hebrew meaning "House of Passage", a transitional congregational settlement founded November 17, 1753.  In July 1756, during the [[French and Indian War]] (1754&ndash;1763), a wooden stockade was built around the central-most area of the Moravian settlement, and Bethabara became a place of refuge for settlers from across the region, with many refugees living near the Bethabara Mill, numbering 120 by May 1759.

The first planned Moravian settlement, and oldest incorporated municipality in Wachovia is [[Bethania, North Carolina|Bethania]], Province of North Carolina, formed June 12, 1759, also known historically as Bethany, meaning "house/place of dates and figs" in Hebrew. ''Bethania'' is the German form of ''Bethany''. The Town of Bethania was incorporated in 1995, following the reactivation of Bethania's 1838/1839 town charter, and was spared from being annexed into the city of [[Winston-Salem]].  Today, Bethania remains the only independent, continuously active Moravian town in the southern United States.  In 2007, Historic Bethania, a visitor center and museum, opened in Bethania, providing information and historical interpretation in yet another Wachovia Moravian community.

Wachovia's central administrative congregational town of Salem can be visited today at [[Old Salem|Old Salem Museums and Gardens]]. Salem was begun in 1766 (formally organized in 1771), and was built by Moravians and friends from Bethabara and Bethania.

Subsequent Moravian congregational settlements to be formed include Friedberg (1769), Friedland (1772), and Hope (1775). The congregation at Hope was the first "English" Moravian church in the area.

A secular county seat was founded in 1849 in newly drawn Forsyth County, north of Salem. The new county seat was named Winston in 1852.  [[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]], maker of Winston, Salem, and Camel [[cigarette]]s, was founded at Winston in 1875. The towns of Salem and Winston merged as [[Winston-Salem, NC|Winston-Salem]] in 1913. Bethabara now lies within the city limits of Winston-Salem, and can be visited today at [[Bethabara, North Carolina|Historic Bethabara Park]], operated by the city of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Over time, the ((convert|98985|acre|km2|adj=on)) Wachovia Tract was redrawn into the following counties as the backcountry of North Carolina became increasingly populated:

* 1753 [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan County]]
* 1771 [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]
* 1789 [[Stokes County, North Carolina|Stokes County]]
* 1849 [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] was drawn out of what had been the southern half of Stokes County

==Museums==
[[Bethabara, North Carolina|Historic Bethabara Park]], [[Bethania, North Carolina|Historic Bethania]], and [[Old Salem|Old Salem Museums and Gardens]] are museums which serve to transport visitors in time to what Wachovia once was.  The museums each contribute to the story of Moravians in North Carolina, and preserve, interpret, and demonstrate life in Wachovia over time.

==Wachovia Corporation==
[[File:Wachovia Loan And Trust Company Building.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The first Wachovia Loan and Trust Company Building, located in Winston-Salem]]

The area is the namesake and birthplace of [[Wachovia|Wachovia Corporation]], once one of the world's largest [[bank]]s.  The bank was pioneered by Bethanian I.G. Loesch.  Salem, then Winston-Salem, was the corporate headquarters for the bank until its merger with the [[First Union]] corporation, when the headquarters was moved to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].

==Linguistic note==
Present day students and scholars who are not familiar with the German language frequently, albeit incorrectly, use a masculine article "der" to modify "Wachau" when the feminine article "die" should be used, as historically documented.  When speaking of "Wachovia" as a place, the proper title in German is "die Wachau".  When speaking of "Wachau" in a locative sense, such as "in the Wachau," the [[article (grammar)|article]] becomes [[Dative case|dative]] and written as "in der Wachau."  Many individuals and organizations have seen the dative phrase and have irresponsibly and unknowingly dropped the preposition, leaving "...der Wachau," which is incorrect when used as a proper noun.  The feminine gender of "die Wachau" does not change, though the case might.

==See also==
*[[Adelaide Fries]], author of the 1907 ''The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence As Mentioned in the Records of Wachovia''.

== References ==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.bethabarapark.org/ Historic Bethabara Park]
* [http://www.townofbethania.org/ Historic Bethania]
* [http://www.oldsalem.org/ Old Salem Museums and Gardens]
* [http://www.moravianarchives.org/ The Moravian Archives of Winston-Salem, NC, US]
* [http://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/ The Moravian Church Archives, Bethlehem, PA, US]

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