Michael Kongehl (19 March 1646 – 1 November 1710) was a German

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Life

Kongehl was born in Kreuzburg to the brewer Michael Kongehl and his wife Barbara Marquart. He visited the school in Kreuzburg and

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and started to study

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divinity at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...

in 1661. Afterwards Kongehl travelled to

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and

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, where he lived for 3 years. Here Kongehl was "crowned" as a poet and named "''prutenio''" and was a member of the association of poets ''Pegnesischer Blumenorden''. He returned to Königsberg and applied for the succession of

Simon Dach Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). Early life Although brought up in humble circumstances (his father was a poorly paid court int ...

as a professor of poetry at the University of Königsberg, but without success. Kongehl worked as a municipal secretary of

Kneiphof Coat of arms of Kneiphof Postcard of Kneiphöfsche Langgasse Reconstruction of Kneiphof in Kaliningrad's museum Kneiphof (russian: Кнайпхоф; pl, Knipawa; lt, Knypava) was a quarter of central Königsberg (Kaliningrad). During the M ...

, became a councilman in 1696 and Mayor of Kneiphof. He died throughout a time of epidemic plague in Königsberg.

Works

Kongehl wrote several popular religious chants like *So bist du nun zugegen, du Heiland aller Welt *So bleibt denoch ein gut Gewissen das schönste kleinod der Welt *Nur frisch hinein, es wird so tief nicht sein but also secular poetry and dramas *Trauer-Hirten-Spiel, 1674 *Der beglückwünschte Doppelsieg des Kaisers, 1675 *Die vom Himmel herabgestürmte Himmel-Stürmer, 1675 *Das vom ungerathenen Sausewind versuchte u. verfluchte Kriegs-Leben, 1675 *Das bedrückte u. wieder erquickte Brandenburg, 1675 *Das sterbende Leben, 1676 *Surbosia oder geschichtsmächtiges Helden-Gedicht, 1676 *Hirtengedicht Auff Das Anmuthseelige u. Freudenvolle Geburts-Fest Des Allergetreuesten Erz-Seelen-Hirten Jesu Christi, 1680 *Der unschuldig-beschuldigten Innocenzien Unschuld, e. nachdenkl. Genues. Gedicht in e. Mischspiel, 1680 *Die Vom Tod erweckte Phönizia, Eine Anmuthige Sicilian. Geschicht, In e. Misch-Spiel (Tragico-Comoedia), 1682 *Belustigung bei der Unlust aus allerhand Geist- u. andern Glückwunschs-Gedichten. J. - Der Verkehrte u. Wiederbekehrte Prinz Tugendhold, 1691 *Immergrünender Cypressen-Hayn, 1694 *Lust-Quartier, neben den Cypressen-Hayn, 1694 *Die unvergleichlich-schöne Princeßin Andromeda, In e. Misch-Spiel (Tragico-Comedia), 1695 *Sieg prangender Lorbeer-Hayn, 1700 *Eines vortrefflichen Poeten Geist- u. Weltliche Gedichte, 1715.

References

* *Horst Schulz, "Der Kreis Pr. Eylau", Verden/Aller 1983, p. 767

External links

Picture of Kongehl
1646 births 1710 deaths German Lutheran hymnwriters German poets People from the Duchy of Prussia University of Königsberg alumni German-language poets Baroque writers {{Germany-poet-stub