Johann Georg Albinus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Georg Albinus

German pastor and hymnist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1624

Place of Birth: Nessa, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 25-May-1679

Profession: writer, translator, theologian, hymnwriter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Johann Georg Albinus (6 March 1624 – 25 May 1679) was a German Protestant pastor and hymnwriter.
He studied at the University of Leipzig and served as a rector at the Naumburg Cathedral School and the pastor of St.
Othmar's Church, both in Naumburg.
His hymns have been adapted by later composers, particularly by Johann Sebastian Bach in BWV 27 and BWV 158.