Georg Vetter (hymn poet)
Georg Vetter (Czech Jiří Strejc ; Latin Georgius Vetterus ; * 1536 in Hohenstadt , Moravia ; † January 25, 1599 in Groß Seelowitz ) was a Bohemian preacher and consenior of the Unity of the Bohemian Brothers . He also wrote hymns in German and Czech and worked as a translator of theological texts into Czech.
Life
After attending the Brethren School in Jungbunzlau for four years , Georg Vetter enrolled at the University of Königsberg for theology on July 5, 1560 and moved to the University of Tübingen the following year . There he received a scholarship in the academic year 1562/63. As early as 1566, six of his hymns were included in the German songbook "Kirchengeseng". In the same year Georg Vetter belonged to an embassy that presented the songbook to the Bohemian sovereign Emperor Maximilian II . In 1567 he was ordained a priest and then took a position as headmaster and preacher in Jungbunzlau. Later he worked in Weißwasser and Mährisch Weißkirchen , where he married without the knowledge of his superiors. Nevertheless, in 1575 he was sent to a committee of the Bohemian Parliament, which was supposed to discuss the Bohemian denomination. Two years later he was a member of the “Engen Rat” and thus the governing body of the Bohemian Brothers. After resistance to his high-handed behavior arose in Weißkirchen, he was transferred to Groß Seelowitz . There he was elected Consenior of the Brethren after he vowed to improve at the Leipzig Synod.
In addition to hymns, which he wrote mostly in German, he also worked literarily for the Czech language, including the translation of the Kralitz Bible . In 1587 he translated the Geneva Psalter and in 1595 Calvin's Institutio Christianae Religionis into Czech.
Georg Vetter, whose wife is not known by name, had five sons with her. One of them published a hymn book of the Bohemian Brothers in exile in Lissa in 1639 .
Works
- Delighted with joy on this journey (1566; Evangelical hymn book number 108; the first letters of the original thirteen stanzas resulted in the acrostic poem"Mediator Jesus" = "Jesus is the mediator".)
literature
- List of authors of the evangelical hymn book; Number 50 (page 1093)
- Wolfgang Herbst: Who is who in the hymnal? ( Online reading sample )
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Georg Vetter (hymn poet) in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- CV (Czech)
- Directory of German songs by Georg Vetter
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cousin, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jiří Strejc (Czech); Georgius Vetterus (Latin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1536 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1599 |
| Place of death | Gross Seelowitz |