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Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky
Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (Jankowe, Lower Silesia September 7, 1690 - June 15, 1774) was a German hymn writer. At first a page at the ducal court of Saxe-Weissenfels, he next studied law and theology at Jena and Halle; but ill health prevented his preferment he settled at Glancha in Silesia, where he founded an orphanage.
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