Georg Grünwald

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Georg Grünwald (* around 1490 in Kitzbühel ; † 1530 in Kufstein ; also Georg Grüenwald ) was a German reformer and hymn poet .

Life

Georg Grünwald comes from Kitzbühel, where he was born around 1490. The Hamburger Cronickel or Denckbüchel say about him that he was a preacher with the Anabaptists . His main occupation was a shoemaker .

In 1528 the Anabaptists in Kitzbühel, which at that time belonged to the Chiemsee diocese , were forced to revoke their rights. Many of those who stuck to their beliefs had to emigrate. This also included Grünwald, who was in Lackstatt in Bavaria in 1529 . On his return to Kitzbühel he was captured. In 1530 he was burned at the stake in Kufstein on the orders of the Austrian government for his activity as an Anabaptist . His fate is also reported in the Hutterite History Book.

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Grünwald is the poet of the song Come to me, says God's Son . The hymn researcher Philipp Wackernagel , who printed the song a few centuries later, incorrectly named Hans Witzstadt von Wertheim or Jörg Berckemeyer as the author.

Dorsch characterizes Grünwald "as a more inwardly directed representative [.] Of the Anabaptist communities" . He traces the motifs of the song back to a dance of death : "The poet had seen somewhere ... one of the famous" Dances of Death "...; and he was mightily struck by the sight. Now he wants to make it important to others too, that everyone must "get out of this May" and "join the ranks" ... ” . In summary, Dorsch says: “A penitential and revival preacher who has been pardoned by God speaks from the song. His manner of speaking is warm and cozy, but also shocking and agile. He does not want to leave the souls as they are; he wants to tear them out of their rest so that they may worry about their salvation; he wants you to wake up from the frenzy of the sensual life to the question: "What must I do to be saved?" There is no trace of insolence or enthusiasm in the song. The question of whether child baptism or adult baptism is not even touched on ... ” .

According to Dorsch, the song has at least 13 stanzas.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Dorsch, p. 85
  2. ↑ Ibid.
  3. ↑ Ibid., P. 86.
  4. ↑ See Dorsch, p. 85.
personal data
SURNAME Grünwald, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grüenwald, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformer and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitzbühel
DATE OF DEATH 1530
Place of death Kufstein