Johannes Daniel Falk

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Johannes Daniel Falk (28 October 1768 – 14 February 1826) was a German poet.

Falk was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish province of Royal Prussia. In 1816 he wrote the German text O du fröhliche.. to the melody of one of the most popular Christmas songs, O Sanctissima. Falk was the founder of the Falk'sche Institute, a public education place for orphans in Weimar. He died in that city in 1826.

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Categories: 1768 births | 1826 deaths | German poets | People from Gdańsk | German people stubs | Poet stubs

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