Johann Christian Wilhelm August Hopfensack

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Johann Christian Wilhelm August Hopfensack (born October 1, 1801 in Schloßvippach , † March 6, 1874 in Kleve ) was a German theologian , educator and poet of Protestant sacred songs.

Life

Hopfensack was born the son of a pastor. In 1815 he attended the Ratsgymnasium in Erfurt , then the Latin school of the Francke Foundations . From 1817 to 1820 he studied theology and philology in Leipzig and received his doctorate in philosophy from the Martin Luther University in Halle . He finished his studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn . In 1821 he came as a teacher at a grammar school in Duisburg and in 1838 as a professor at the royal grammar school in Kleve, where he worked as a religion teacher. From 1847 to 1854 he worked in the administration of the Rhenish Church, of which he was a member. In 1857 he retired.

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Hopfensack wrote more than 400 hymns, which appeared in several magazines, including Der Menschenfreund , in Albert Knapps Christoterpe and in Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher's Palm Blätter . A larger work written by him on the constitutional law of the subjects of the Romans appeared in 1829, forty old and new songs for church, school and home appeared in 1832; both writings were published in Düsseldorf . A complete edition of his sacred songs was published in Leipzig in 1853 .

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SURNAME Hop sack, Johann Christian Wilhelm August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, educator and poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle Vippach
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1874
Place of death Kleve