Friedrich Wenzel Neisser
Friedrich Wenzel Neißer (born November 16, 1716 in Sehlen ; died October 12, 1777 in Barby ) was a German composer of hymns for the Moravian Brethren .
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Friedrich Wenzel Neißer was the son of Augustin Neißer. He received his education in Herrnhut , where the family had moved in 1722. Thanks to Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , who recognized his talent, he traveled early in the service of the Moravian community. In 1735 Neißer traveled with Zinsendorf to the Wetterau , in 1737 to Livonia and England , where his stay can still be proven in 1736. In the following years he traveled to Copenhagen , Switzerland and Berlin in the service of the community . There he took part in negotiations to establish the Silesian Brethren in Gnadenfrei and Gnadenberg. In 1764 he became a member of the Moravian Brethren, fellow bishop and was active in mission diakonia . The university elders conference assigned him Barby as his place of work, where he died at the age of 61.
Neißer wrote about 25 hymns, especially between 1736 and 1748, some of which are still sung in the Moravian community today.
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- ↑ Friedrich Wenzel Neißer at CERL Thesaurus . Retrieved July 15, 2019
- ↑ F. Litz: Glimpses into the past and present of the Evangelical Brethren Church, its constitution and history along with some biographical notes. Eduard Kummer, Leipzig 1846, p. 103
- ↑ Based on a handwritten curriculum vitae (row 22, no. 23 right) in the archive on Herrnhut and notes from Cröger, in German biography Neisser. at German biography. Retrieved online July 15, 2019
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| SURNAME | Neißer, Friedrich Wenzel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neisser, Friedrich Wenzel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hymn composer for the Moravian Brethren |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sehlen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1777 |
| Place of death | Barby |