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Tobias Clausnitzer

1619 – 1684

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer

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Lived 1619 – 1684 (aged 64–65). Tobias Clausnitzer was a German writer, protestant theologian and protestant clergyman.

Tobias Clausnitzer (5 February 1619 − 7 May 1684) was a German Lutheran pastor and hymn writer.

Leben und Wirken

Born in Thum , Clausnitzer studied theology at the University of Leipzig from 1642. In 1644, he became military chaplain (Feldprediger) for a unit of the Swedish army. When the Thirty Years' War ended, he held a service celebrating the Peace of Westphalia in Weiden in der Oberpfalz in 1649. He settled, became pastor, and later also and inspector of Parkstein and Weiden. He died in 1684 as Superintendent in Weiden.

He wrote theological treaties, sermons and hymns. "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" became popular, also in translations.

Work "Herr Jesu, deine Angst und Pein", hymn in Evangelisches Gesangbuch EG 89 (1662 ) "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", hymn EG 161, melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1664, published by Wolfgang Carl Briegel in 1687 "Jesu, dein betrübtes Leiden", hymn in Evangelischen Kirchengesangbuch EKG) 69 (in a revised version) Oder Trauriges Schau-Bild, Der gantz mitleidigen Natur, über dem hoch-schmertzlichen Leiden und Sterben, Unsers gecreutzigten Herrn Jesu. Sermon reflecting the Passion of Jesus, Endter, Nürnberg 1662

Literature

Johannes Schluttig: Tobias Clausnitzer, der Dichter des Kirchenliedes "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier". In: Herbergen der Christenheit. Jahrbuch für deutsche Kirchengeschichte 27, 1959, 62 ff. Helene Hoffmann: Tobias Clausnitzer. In: Die Oberpfalz 48, 1960, 111 ff. Helene Hoffmann: Tobias Clausnitzer und die Einführung des Simultaneums im Gemeinschaftsamt Weiden-Parkstein. In: Zeitschrift für bayerische Kirchengeschichte 29 (1960), S. 186–218.

Manfred Knedlik: Tobias Clausnitzer (1619-1684). In: Die Oberpfalz – Brücke zum Osten, 1992, 107–111.

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1619, Thum
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1684, Weiden in der Oberpfalz
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German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer

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Tobias Clausnitzer was born in 1619 in Thum.

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Tobias Clausnitzer died in 1684 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.

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Tobias Clausnitzer was a writer, protestant theologian and protestant clergyman.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tobias Clausnitzer

· Wikidata: Q92451

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