Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer

Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer (11 July 1635 – 8 September 1699) was a German jurist, poet, satirist and Protestant hymn writer. He worked as an advocate at the court of Wolfenbüttel. Johann Sebastian Bach used a stanza from his hymn "Gott fähret auf gen Himmel" to conclude his Ascension Oratorio. Another hymn, Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier, appears in the 1736 Schemelli Gesangbuch in a setting attributed to Bach.

Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer
Born(1635-07-11)11 July 1635
Naumburg (Saale)
Died8 September 1699(1699-09-08) (aged 64)
Wolfenbüttel
Occupations
  • Jurist
  • Poet
  • Satirist
  • Hymn writer
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