Mauritius Kramer

Memory of the cemetery chapel in Marne

Mauritius Kramer (born February 27, 1646 in Ammerswurth near Meldorf , † June 22, 1702 in Marne ) was a German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet .

life and work

Mauritius Kramer was born on February 27, 1646 in Ammerswurth, the son of a farmer . On the Meldorfer Latin School prefigured, he was on 28 May 1666 the University of Jena to study theology enrolled . From 1670 he was first a deacon, from 1679 pastor at Marne. In this position he died on June 22, 1702 at the age of 56.

Kramer fought against Pietism and warned his community against it in a polemic in 1688. He also made himself important as a poet of sacred songs; He published 89 of his poems in a compilation in 1683. The melodies of his songs were partly made by the organist Heinrich Krohn , the other part of his songs was backed with secular melodies. Albert Knapp judged that Kramer was a lovely and intimate poet, while August Jacob Rambach praised the songs for their cordiality and fluent writing and said that they should have become much more popular. Only two of Kramer's songs were taken over in Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch (second part, 1714). The other songs have apparently not found any distribution. Only My soul, let God rule , was still being spread, in 1842 it appeared in a Hamburg hymn book.

Works

God give a mild rain
God still lives and does not die
My soul, let God rule
Holy devotions (Glückstadt 1683)
A necessary Christian warning against the unflavored Quaker quark (Hamburg 1688)
The return of the evangelical truth in all of Germany and other countries, especially in Dithmarschen (Glückstadt 1699)

literature

Unknown author: Kramer, Mauritius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 26 f.
Susanne Siebert : Kramer, Mauritius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 601-602. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Remarks

↑ In the BBKL it is said that he became a pastor in 1669 and a deacon in 1670.

personal data
SURNAME	Kramer, Mauritius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran clergyman and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ammerswurth near Meldorf
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1702
Place of death	Marne

[1] In the BBKL it is said that he became a pastor in 1669 and a deacon in 1670.