Summary

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7… (1911)

In 1639 he received the chair of poetry at the university of Königsberg, which he occupied until his death on the 15th of April 1659. In Königsberg he entered into close relations with Heinrich Albert (1604–1651) , Robert Roberthin (1600–1648) and Sibylla Schwarz (1621–1638) , and with them formed the so-called Königsberger Dictergruppe. He sang the praises of the house of the electors of Brandenburg in a collection of poems entitled Kurbrandenburgische Rose, Adler, Löwe und Scepter (1661) , and also produced many occasional poems, several of which became popular
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