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German Lutheran clergyman and hymnist
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 "Nun danket alle Gott" ("
Now thank we all our God
") which was written c. 1636. It was set to music by
Johann Cruger
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.
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- Nun danket alle Gott
(Now thank we all our God)
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