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The Cult Dossier · No. 027 · Apocalyptic / Doomsday
Harmony Society
Harmonists; Rappites
1785/1805 – 1905 · Iptingen, Württemberg; then Harmony and Economy, Pennsylvania; New Harmony, Indiana
III. THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
Fully religious — German Pietist separatist commune
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- 1785 Rapp separates from the Lutheran church at Iptingen.
- 1803–1804 Emigrates with about 800 followers to Pennsylvania.
- 15 February 1805 Articles of Association signed; property held in common.
- 1807 Celibacy adopted.
- 1814–1824 The society builds the town of Harmonie, Indiana; sells it to Robert Owen in 1825 for 150,000 dollars.
- 1825 Founds Economy, Pennsylvania.
- 1832 Count de Leon schism; roughly 250 members leave with a 105,000 dollar settlement.
- 7 August 1847 Rapp dies aged 89, still expecting Christ.
- 1905 Society formally dissolved with three members remaining; assets worth millions.
### Its people
### George Rapp
Father Rapp
Founder, the Harmony Society · 1 November 1757 – 7 August 1847 · active 1785–1847
Before the law. None. Repeatedly sued by departing members over surrendered property; the society generally won.
Where things stand. Deceased 1847. Society formally dissolved 1905 with three members left.
- 1785 Separates from the Lutheran church at Iptingen.
- 1803–04 Emigrates with ~800 followers.
- 15 February 1805 Articles of Association: property held in common.
- 1807 Celibacy adopted.
- 1832 Count de Leon schism takes a third of the membership.
- 7 August 1847 Dies aged 89.
Checked 2026-08-24
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