Johann Conrad Beissel was a German-born religious leader who in 1732 founded the Ephrata Community in the Province of Pennsylvania.
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10 Facts About Conrad Beissel
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Conrad Beissel was born in Eberbach then part of the Holy Roman Empire, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1720.
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Conrad Beissel had intended to join a commune of hermits founded there by Johannes Kelpius, but Kelpius had died in 1708.
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In 1732 Conrad Beissel established a semi-monastic Baptist community called the Camp of the Solitary, with a convent and a monastery at Ephrata, in what is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Each member adopted a new name, and Conrad Beissel was called Friedsam, to which the community afterward added the title of Gottrecht.
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Conrad Beissel served as the community's composer as well as its spiritual leader.
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Conrad Beissel devised his own system of musical composition intended to simplify the process by relying on pre-determined sequences of "master notes" and "servant notes" to create harmony.
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Conrad Beissel was one of the first vegetarians in North America who was motivated by Christian religious belief.
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Conrad Beissel invented a vegan diet for the Ephrata community that excluded all meat, dairy, eggs and honey.
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Conrad Beissel's diet consisted of buckwheat, cabbage, fruit, green vegetables, potatoes and wheat.
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