Georg shopkeeper
Georg Ladenmacher , also Jörg Ladenmacher , († 1562 ) was a German hymn poet as well as a member and martyr of the Anabaptist movement .
Life
He and his friend Wilhelm von Keppel were captured in Cologne in 1562. In prison they wrote the hymn to sing I want to raise , which includes 45 stanzas, based on Martin Luther's A new song we raise on and later spread among the Anabaptists. Von Keppel was released, while shopkeepers drowned in the Rhine . He's probably also to be equated with a person named Jörg Friese .
See also
literature
- Unknown author: Ladenmacher, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 503.
- Eduard Emil Koch : History of the hymn and hymn of the Christian , Volume 2, 1867, S. 144 f., Online
Web links
- Jörg Ladenbacher's song in the field ; accessed on May 27, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shopkeeper, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shopkeeper, Jörg; Friese, Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1562 |