August Hermann Niemeyer
Illustration — August Hermann Niemeyer (1817) August Hermann Niemeyer (1 September 1754 in Halle (Saale) – 7 July 1828 in Magdeburg) was a German Protestant theologian, teacher, a librettist, a poet, a travel writer, a Protestant church song poet and a Prussian political educator. He was professor of theology in 1780, then vice-chancellor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He studied at the University of Halle, where his teachers included Johann August Nösselt (1734-1807), Johann Jakob Griesbach (1745-1812) and Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791).
August Hermann Niemeyer
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- Kingdom of Prussia
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- poet · university teacher · protestant theologian · pedagogue · director · writer · hymnwriter · librettist
- Honours
- Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — August Hermann Niemeyer (1817) August Hermann Niemeyer (1 September 1754 in Halle (Saale) – 7 July 1828 in Magdeburg) was a German Protestant theologian, teacher, a librettist, a poet, a travel writer, a Protestant church song poet and a Prussian political educator. He was professor of theology in 1780, then vice-chancellor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He studied at the University of Halle, where his teachers included Johann August Nösselt (1734-1807), Johann Jakob Griesbach (1745-1812) and Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791).
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Born at Halle (Saale) in 1754, died in Magdeburg in 1828.
Moritz Karl August Axt and Friedrich Feldmann are recorded as having studied under August Hermann Niemeyer. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Halle (Saale). Employment is recorded with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class.
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- 1.Franckesche Stiftungen erhalten bedeutenden Nachlass. welt.de. 2026-03-10.
- 2.nach August Jacobs, Johann Gottfried Gruber: August Hermann Niemeyer: Zur Erinnerung an dessen Leben und Wirken. 1831, S. 408
- 3.Stadtarchiv Halle, FA 11078
- 4., Halle Spektrum, 14. November 2013.
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