Short Name: | Henriette Katharina von Gersdorf |
Full Name: | Gersdorf, Henriette Katharina von, 1648-1726 |
Birth Year: | 1648 |
Death Year: | 1726 |
Gersdorf, Henrietta Catharine von, daughter of Baron Carl von Friesen, was born at Sulzbach, near Amberg, Bavaria, Oct. 6, 1648. In 1672 she married Baron Nicolaus von Gersdorf, of Dresden; and after his death, in 1702, retired to her estate of Grosshennersdorf, near Herrnhut, Saxony, where she for some time superintended the education of her grandson, Count N. L. von Zinzendorf; and where she died March 6, 1726.
Her hymns, which are among the best of the period, appeared principally in the Löbau Gesang-Buch, 1725, and her Geistliche Singe-Stunden, Löbau, n. d., 1725, and were collected in her Geistreiche Lieder undpoetische Betrachtungen, Halle, 1729. Through J. J. Rambach's Haus Gesang-Buch, 1735, and the Hannover Gesang-Buch, 1740, some 30 have passed into German use.
Two have been translated into English:—
i. Ein Jahr der Sterblichkeit. New Year. In the Löbau Gesang-Buch, 1725, No. 536, in 11 stanzas, repeated 1729, p. 21. Translated as, "Another year of mortal life," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 63.
ii. Was darfat du, blödes Herz. Lent. 1729, p. 70, in 16 stanzas, entitled, "On the Grace of Justification." Translated as “What meanest thou, my soul," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 56). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Texts by Henriette Katharina von Gersdorf (15)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Befiehl dem Herren deine Wege, Und mache dich | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 6 |
Dank sei dir, teures Gotteslamm | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 2 |
De ord, som du mig lader hoere | Henriette v. Gersdorf (Author) | Norwegian | 4 |
Ein Jahr der Sterblichkeit | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 4 |
God, who all ends attaining | Henriette Katharina von Gersdorf (Author) | English | 2 |
Gott, der an allen Enden | v. Gersdorf (Author) | German | 2 |
Herr, ach Herr, wie lange machst | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 2 |
Herr, mein Heil, in aller Angst | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 4 |
Immanuel, des Güte nicht zu zählen | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 4 |
Mein Herz ermunterre dich zum Preise | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 3 |
Mein Herz, ermuntre dich zum Preise des Gottes | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 2 |
O freudenvolles Heute, da sich der Gottesheld | Henriette von Gersdorf, g. 1648 † 1726 (Author) | German | 3 |
Treuer Hirte deiner Herde | von Gersdorf (Author) | German | 23 |
Unsre Obrigkeit erhalte | Henr. Cath. v. Gersdorf (Author) | German | 2 |
We sinners void of good | Henriette Catharine von Gersdorf (Author) | 3 |