Johann Kolross (also ''Johannes Kolrose'', Latinized ''Rhodonthracius'', c. 1487 – c. 1560) was a poet, philologist and educator of the German Renaissance and the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and ...

. He studied in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

, and worked as rector of the boys' school in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

from 1529. He published the ''Enchiridion'', a textbook on orthography, in 1530. He was known for his popular theatre plays, his ''Spil von Fünfferley betrachtnussen'' was performed in Basel in 1530. He also wrote a number of hymns for the Protestant church service, including an adaptation of

Psalm 127 Psalm 127 is the 127th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Except the Lord build the house". In Latin, it is known by the incipit of its first 2 words, . It is one of 15 " Songs of Ascents" and the only on ...

(''Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst '').

References

*Karl Dienst: "Kolross, Johannes" in: ''Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'' vol. 4 (1992), 361–362. *Adalbert Elschenbroich: "Kolroß, Johannes" in: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 12 (1980), 477f. *Heidy Greco-Kaufmann: "Johannes Kolross" in: Andreas Kotte (ed.), ''Theaterlexikon der Schweiz'' vol. 2 (2005), 1017. *Wilhelm Scherer: "Kolros, Johannes" in: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 16 (1882), 496 f.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolross, Joannes German poets 1480s births 1560 deaths Writers from Basel-Stadt 16th-century dramatists and playwrights German Renaissance humanists Swiss Renaissance humanists 16th-century German writers 16th-century German male writers