Kaspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer

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Kaspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer (born March 5, 1624 in Halle (Saale) , † November 23, 1685 in Coburg ) was a Protestant pastor and hymn poet .

Life

Nachtenhöfer was born the son of a pastor. He attended high schools in Halle / Saale, Zeitz , Altenburg and Coburg . In 1647 he went to the University of Leipzig , where he received his master's degree in 1651 . On the recommendation of his father's friend Tobias Seifart , who had been its rector in Altenburg until 1644 and later worked as general superintendent in Coburg, the chancellor August Carpzov accepted him as a tutor for his children.

However, he only stayed in this position for a few months, only to follow a call as a deacon in Meeder northwest of Coburg in 1651 , where he then became pastor four years later. After 20 years he went back to Coburg, where he was pastor and deacon at St. Moriz Church .

Married four times, Nachtenhöfer suffered many visits from the death of close relatives. He was active as a writer until his later years; in addition to his hymns, which are still sung today, sermons and mostly Latin poems as well as some historical and theological works have been preserved.

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His hymns are an integral part of the Protestant church hymn books. Are known u. a. The two Christmas carols This is the night when it appeared to me ( EG 40) and now you come, Jesus, down from heaven to earth , as well as the Pentecost song. Be welcome a thousand times .

literature

  • Eduard Jacobs :  Nachtenhöfer, Kaspar Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 192 f.
  • Heinrich Cornelius: Kaspar-Friedrich Nachtenhöfer. A commemorative sheet for his three hundredth birthday. (= Biblical Covenant Publications , No. 16). Luetjenburg 1925.
  • Gotthard Gerber: Nachtenhöfer, Kaspar Friedrich. In: Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? 2nd Edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , p. 221 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberhard Schmidt: 40 - This is the night that appeared to me . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 4 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-525-50325-3 , pp. 17–20 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Nachtenhöfer, Kaspar Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1624
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1685
Place of death Coburg