Georg Weissel

After working as a rector in Friedland, he was ordained as minister of the Altrossgarten Church in Königsberg on the second Sunday in Advent 1623. Weissel was a member of the group of poets Kürbishütte, along with Simon Dach, Heinrich Albert, Peter von Hagen, Valentin Thilo and Georg Reimann. Weissel died in Königsberg. 23 of his songs, written following the rules of Opitz, are extant. His most popular hymn was written on the occasion of the inauguration of the Altrossgarten Church in 1623. The Advent hymn "Macht hoch die Tür", paraphrasing Psalm 24, begins the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG). It is now present in most Christian hymnals including the Catholic Gotteslob (GL 218). The current Protestant hymnal has two more of his hymns, "O Tod, wo ist dein Stachel" (EG 113) and "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" (EG 346), which he wrote on the occasion of his ordination in Königsberg. Catherine Winkworth translated the Advent hymn in 1853 as "Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates". Johann Sebastian Bach used Weissel's hymn "Nun liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit" in Part V of his Christmas Oratorio.

• Name — Georg Weissel • Born — 1590 • Birthplace — Domnau, Duchy of Prussia, a vassal of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth • Died — 1 August 1635 • Place of death — Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia, Brandenburg-Prussia • Occupation — * Lutheran minister • Hymn writer

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