Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky ( Jankowe,

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7 September 1690 – 15 June 1774) was a German hymn writer.

Life

At first a page at the ducal court of Saxe-Weissenfels, he next studied law and

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and Halle; but ill health prevented his preferment. He settled at Glaucha in

, now part of Halle, where he founded an

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. After living for a time at Köstritz, and from 1740 to 1745 at the court of Christian Ernst, duke of Saxe-Coburg, at Saalfeld, he made his home at the Waisenhaus (orphanage) at Halle, where, until his death, he engaged in spiritual work and in composing hymns and sacred songs.

Works

Bogatzky's main works are ''Güldenes Schatzkästlein der Kinder Gottes'' (Little Golden Treasure Chest of God's Children, 1718) and ''Übung der Gottseligkeit in allerlei geistlichen Liedern'' (Exercises Regarding God's Blessedness in All Forms of Religious Songs, 1750). He also wrote A Golden Treasury for the Children of God in 1746; this was one of the favourite books of

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1690 births 1774 deaths People from Żagań County German untitled nobility German Lutheran hymnwriters German male songwriters University of Jena alumni University of Halle alumni {{Germany-writer-stub