As part of the celebration this year, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, which concerned not only purely religious issues, but also influenced many areas of public life, there is a considerable interest in the pedagogical style of education, in particular the Christian educational national and world heritage, the appeal to the best examples of the upbringing of children and young people in the spirit of Christianity. One of the most famous pedagoguesChristians of the eighteenth century is Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, whose significant contribution to the development of world pedagogy was the spread of ideas of moral and Christian education in the educational institutions founded by him, who, having passed all the tests of time, continue to function successfully now. Educational and pedagogical activity of N.-L. The following German researchers, such as G. Reichel, M. Weber, J. Gerde, H. Weil, G. Kitel (H. Kittel), P. Baumgart, A. Freeman, H. Bintz, G. Krüger, T. Wettach, J. J. Klepper, L. Müller. In Ukraine, the name of Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf is usually associated with religion and theology; his educational activities were left out of sight. The purpose of this work is to study the principles of free education in the pedagogical concept of Zinzendorf in the ХVІІІ century, in particular the principles of the free development of the child's internal potential, the combination in the process of educating the demands and respect for the pupil and the principle of building a personal relationship between educators and pupils.