Talk:Moravian star

The external link to create a Moravian star is wrong. What's build there is a so-called "Froebel-star" or 3D-star (compare to the picture given at the top of the articel). Some construction links are given in the german article.

Illuminated
The opening line says this star is "illumnated." Many of them certainly are, but it doesn't stop being a Moravian star if it's unlit. I would suggest inserting "often" illuminated to be more accurate but will wait to see if there is adequate agreement to make the change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.160.40 (talk) 22:29, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Interwiki?
The very common Swedish Advent star ("adventsstjärna") is usually said to originate from Herrnhut. It is a decoration star made from paper, thin wood, straw, or sometimes some other material. It is usually illuminated with a single light bulb and always placed by a window. The shape is not strictly defined, but usually have a more two-dimensional appearance than what is illustrated as the Morovian star in this article (and in its German counterpart). Would a decoration star like the one depicted on the right be classified as a Moravian star in English (and thus make the iw link sv:adventsstjärna valid)? (External link to a photo from Nordiska museet showing a variation of Advent stars, including a traditional Herrnhut model from 1943: ) /Dcastor (talk) 15:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

This does not look like a classic Herrnhut Moravian star, but that is not to say that its origins are not in one of the Moravian Schools in Germany--or Christiansfeld in Denmark--the Moravians have been active in Sweden for 200 years, there is a Congregation in Stockholm and one on Gothenborg. This star is very similar to the 2-dimensional transparencies produced in the schools and could derive from those. I feel comfortable leaving the connection if this distinction is made.75.12.152.146 (talk) 01:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)Pastor R.


 * Swedish Wikipedia now has two separate articles for advent star and Herrnhut star, so I changed the interwiki. --LA2 (talk) 21:54, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Link without usefull content
The link " *Make a Moravian Star " lost it's How-To-Plan and is pretty useless exept for a beautyfull picture of a striped star. --80.134.183.152 (talk) 21:28, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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Please add geometric nets of Moravian stars
It would seem appropriate to include the geometric nets, so that readers might construct their own models of Moravian stars. I would do this but I'm accessing through a limited device. Bwhopkins (talk) 18:40, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Moravian stars are super common in my area... given the close bonds between Pennsylvania and Germany and, particularly, the nearness of the Moravian community in Lititz. I would love to read more about the geometry. PurpleChez (talk) 16:16, 16 December 2018 (UTC)