Stern, auf den ich schaue

Stern, auf den ich schaue

Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher
Tune: MINA
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher

Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf, was a native of Tecklenburg, Westphalia, where his father, Friedrich Jacob Krummacher was Burgomaster and Hoffiscal. He was baptized there, July 22, 1767, and apparently born July 13, 1767. In 1786 he entered the University of Lingen (since 1819 ranked as a Gymnasium), and in 1787 that of Halle. After concluding his theological studies in 1789, he was for some time tutor in the family of Senator Meyer in Bremen; was then appointed, in 1790, Conrector of the Gymnasium at Hamm, and in 1793 Rector of the Gymnasium at Mors (Meurs), near Düsseldorf. In the end of 1800 he became Professor of Theology and Eloquence at the Reformed University of Duisburg. When, after the battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806), Duisburg was tak… Go to person page >

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First Line: Stern, auf den ich schaue
Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher
Language: German
Notes: Polish translation: See "Gwiazdą w mych cięmnościach" by Paweł Sikora; Swahili translation: See "Nyota yenye nuru"
Copyright: Public Domain

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Glaubenslieder #214

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