Christoph Knoll

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Christoph Knoll (* 1563 in Bunzlau ; † 1630 in Sprottau ) was a German hymn poet .

life and work

After Christoph Knoll, who was born in Bunzlau in 1563 as the son of a shoemaker , had received his training at schools in Bunzlau and Görlitz , he enrolled at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder in 1583 and at the University of Wittenberg the following year . During this time he already dealt with mathematics and astronomy . In 1584 or 1586 he became a signatory in Sprottau. From 1591 he worked there as a deacon . His son became a pastor in Wittgendorf .

During the plague in 1599 Knoll wrote his spiritual death song Herzlich does me long for a happy ending . Knoll's song was still popular during his lifetime. In Songbook Harmoniae sacrae (Gorlitz 1613), the text of the melody first appeared Hans Leo Hassler's love song My G'müt me verwirret kontrafaziert . The same melody was later added by Johann Crüger to the text O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden by Paul Gerhardt .

Works

  • Consolation booklet or Praxi articulorum de resurrectione carnis et vita aeterna (without year, without location)
  • I heartily long for a happy ending (1599)
  • Calendarium generale perpetuum (Liegnitz 1619)
  • In life and in death

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Grünewald: Christoph Knoll. A contribution to his biography. In: Yearbook for Silesian Church History, Volumes 41–44. Verlag "Unser Weg.", 1962, pp. 7-24. ( limited preview in the Google book search) The frequently found incorrect information 1621 is therefore due to an unproven information from Eduard Emil Koch . See Eduard Emil Koch: History of the hymn and hymn of the Christian, especially the German Protestant church, Volume 2. 3rd edition. Belser, 1867, p. 271 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Philipp Wackernagel : The German hymn from the oldest time to the beginning of the XVII. Century. Volume 1. Teubner, Leipzig 1864, p. 814 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Archives for Silesian Church History, Volumes 19-21. A. Lax, 1961, p. 311 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  4. ↑ Hansjakob Becker et al .: Geistliches Wunderhorn. Great German hymns. 2nd Edition. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-48094-2 , p. 276.

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personal data
SURNAME Knoll, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Bunzlau
DATE OF DEATH 1630
Place of death Sprottau