Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky
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Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (Jankowe, Lower Silesia September 7, 1690 - June 15, 1774) was a German hymn writer. At first a page at the ducal court of Saxe-Weissenfels, he next studied law and theology at Jena and Halle; but ill health prevented his preferment he settled at Glancha in Silesia, where he founded an orphanage.
Bogatzky's chief works are Güldenes Schatzkästlein der Kinder Gottes (Little Golden Treasure Chest of God's Children, 1718) and Übung der Gottseligkeit in allerlei geistlichen Liedern (Exercises Regarding God's Blessedness in All Forms of Religious Songs, 1750).
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