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Erdmann Neumeister

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German theologian and hymnwriter

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According to Wikipedia, Erdmann Neumeister was a German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist. He was born in Uichteritz near Weißenfels in the province Saxonia of Germany. As a fifteen-year-old boy he started his studies in Schulpforta, an old humanistic gymnasium. He became a student of poetology and theology in the University of Leipzig between 1691 and 1697. He began his career as a minister of religion in the spa town of Bibra. He became diaconus for the duke of Saxonia-Weissenfels. From 1705 to 1715, he was superintendent in Sorau . He left for Hamburg because of theological disputes. . He died in Hamburg as an honoured main pastor. His grave in the St. Jacobi Church was destroyed during World War II.

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