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Vischer, Christoph

(Fischer; 1520–ca. 1597/1600). B. Joachimsthal, Bohemia (now Jáchymov, NW Czechoslovakia); educ. Wittenberg, Ger.; pastor Jüterbog 1544; cathedral preacher and supt. Schmalkalden 1552; pastor and gen. supt. Meiningen 1571; court preacher and asst. supt. Celle 1574; pastor Halberstadt 1577; gen. supt. Lüneburg (at Celle) 1583; hymnist. Hymns include “Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, dass du für uns gestorben bist.”


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