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a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Sagan, in Silesia, October 29, 1671, and died at Alten-Morbitz, in the diocese of Borna, March 14, 1745, in his first and only parish, to which he was appointed in 1697. He is the author of Ausfuhrliche Liedererklarung (Altenburg, 1749, 4 parts, published by his son). He also wrote some hymns, which are still in use. See Koch; Gesch, d. deutschen Kirchenliedes, 5:497 sq. (B.P.)