Christian August Bähr

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Christian August Bähr (born January 25, 1795 in Atterwasch near Guben , Niederlausitz , † April 23, 1846 in Weigsdorf , Oberlausitz ) was a German pastor and hymn poet.

Bähr, the son of a miller from Lausitz, studied Protestant theology and education in Leipzig from 1813 , and was a member of the Lausitz Preacher Society in Leipzig from 1814 . In 1816 he became an assistant teacher at the Leipzig Citizens' School. In 1817 he went to Switzerland as a teacher at the Fellenberg Institute in Hofwil (near Bern ). He returned to Leipzig in 1819 and worked for a year as a tutor for the banker Wilhelm Gotthelf Ernst Seyfferth († 1832). In 1820 he went to the university church as a master's degree and afternoon preacher . In 1821 he became pastor in Oppach , in 1834 in Weigsdorf (near Zittau) , where he died in 1846 after suffering for four years.

After his death, Bähr's hymns were published in an anthology by the Preachers' Conference in Hirschfelde . Albert Knapp included 23 of these songs in his Evangelical Song Treasury for Church and House (Stuttgart 1850).

He was married to Luise Christine Eckhardt from Leipzig.

Works (selection)

  • "Break forth, you flames of fire"
  • "I want to trust in God"
  • "The mountains of my God stand"
  • "Do not despair, you little crowd"
  • "We throw ourselves into your arms"

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Knapp, Protestant song treasure for church, school a. House , p.156 No. 308
  2. ↑ Evangelical-Protestant hymn book for church and house, p.567 , no. 691
personal data
SURNAME Bähr, Christian August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Atterwasch , Lower Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1846
Place of death Weigsdorf (near Zittau) , Upper Lusatia