Johann Kämff
Johann Kämff , also Kampff or Kampf , (* in Staffelstein ; † 1625 in Gotha ) was a German hymn poet . With his father, who was expelled from Staffelstein because of his evangelical faith, Kämpff fled to Coburg . After he was trained here at a grammar school , he moved to the University of Jena and then the University of Wittenberg . In 1604 he came to Gotha as a deacon , where he died of the plague in 1625 . He composed a hymn that in 1704 by the Witty Hymns of Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen found distribution.
Works
- When I'm in dire straits
literature
- Unknown author: Kämpff, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 60.
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SURNAME | Kämff, Johann |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kampff, Johann; Fight, Johann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hymn poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century or 17th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Relay stone |
DATE OF DEATH | 1625 |
Place of death | Gotha |