Salomon Liscovius or Salmon Lischkow or Salomon Liscow (25 October 1640 – 5 December 1689) was a German psalmist. According to Högmarck, Liscovius was a clergyman in the German princedom of
Halberstadt.
[Högmarck, Lars, '' Psalmeopoeographia '', Stockholm, 1736] He is represented in the
Swedish Psalm Books from 1695 to 1937 with the original texts of four works in the
1695th Psalm Book, two of which remain in
1937 Psalm Book 285
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Biography
Born to Johann Liscovius, or Lischkow, pastor at
Niemitzsch, near
Guben
Guben (Polish and Sorbian: ''Gubin'') is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in Lower Lusatia, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049. Along with Frankfurt (Oder) and Görlitz ...
in
Lower Lusatia, October 25, 1640. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1660, and then to Wittenberg. He was appointed pastor at Otterwisch, near Lausigk, and ordained to this post on April 21, 1664. On March 29, 1685, he was appointed second pastor of St. Wenceslaus's church, at
Wurzen. He died at Wurzen, December 5, 1689.
Hymns
* ''How can and should I?'' (1695 No. 20) according to Högmarck's accounts '' Liscovius composed in German '' as a prayer. Later enrolled
Johann Heermann
Johann Heermann (11 October 158517 February 1647) was a German poet and hymnodist. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 26 October with Philipp Nicolai and Paul Gerhardt.
Life
Heermann was born in Raudten (m ...
who dictated the text already in 1632.
* ''Debt Register, God'' (1695 No. 256, 1937 No. 285) written 1683, first to the same melody as for ''Then Revelation'' (1695 No. 293) but later to the same as ''Well Me In Eternity''.
* ''O maniskia wil tu betänckia'' (1695 No. 210), like a prayer.
* ''Welt me forever'' (1695 No. 241, 1937 No. 290) written in 1683.
Footnotes
External links
* "Liscovius, Salomon," in ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' 18 (1883), pp. 759–760, online version a
Hymnary profile for Salomon Liscovius
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1640 births
1689 deaths
German Christian clergy
People from Lower Lusatia
Leipzig University alumni
Wittenberg University alumni