Georg Grünwald, also Grüenwald, (c. 1490 – 1530) was a German Protestant reformer and hymn writer. He was born in

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c. 1490. According to a chronicle, Grünwald, a shoemaker, was a preacher of

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. They were prosecuted, and he moved to Lackstatt in

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in 1529. When he returned to Kitzbühel, he was imprisoned. In 1530, he was burnt at the stake for his conviction by the Austrian government. Grünwald wrote the text of the hymn "Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn", but

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named or as its author. It is published in hymnals such as in '' Evangelisches Gesangbuch'' as EG 363, with seven stanzas.

Literature

* * Dorsch, Paul, Das Deutsche Evangelische Kirchenlied in Geschichtsbildern, 2nd ed., Stuttgart 1932, pp 83–89. * * Johann Loserth, Art. ''Grünwald'', in: '' Mennonitisches Lexikon'' vol. II (1937), p 195. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunwald, Georg German Protestant hymnwriters German Protestant Reformers 15th-century births 1530 deaths