Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer

German poet

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1635

Place of Birth: Naumburg (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1699

Profession: writer, poet, jurist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer (11 July 1635 – 8 September 1699) was a German jurist, poet, satirist and Protestant hymn writer.
  • He worked as an advocate at the court of WolfenbĂĽttel.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach used a stanza from his hymn "Gott fähret auf gen Himmel" to conclude his Ascension Oratorio.

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