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Apr 23, 1586 Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany Died on 08 Dec 1649 (aged 63)
German clergyman and hymnist
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About Martin Rinkart
- Martin Rinkart, or Rinckart (23 April 1586, Eilenburg – 8 December 1649) was a German Lutheran clergyman and hymnist.
- He is best known for the text to "Now thank we all our God" (Nun danket alle Gott), which was written ca.
- 1636.
- It was set to music by Johann Crüger about 1647, and translated into English in the 19th century by Catherine Winkworth. Rinkart was a deacon at Eisleben and archdeacon at Eilenburg, where he was born and also died.
- He served there during the Thirty Years' War and a severe plague in 1637.
