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Albert Knapp, a German Protestant theologian educated at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and the University of Tübingen, in 1820 was made vicar in Feuerbach, where his contacts with Ludwig Hofacker produced a deep change in him. As pastor at Kirchheim unter Teck he published the <em>Christoterpe, </em>a yearbook, 1833-1853. In 1836 he became a pastor in Stuttgart, where he died on 18 June 1864. He is known as a writer of church songs. His <em>Evangelischer Liederschatz für Kirche und Haus </em>(1837), which was found in many Mennonite homes, contains 3,590 hymns, 1,200 of which he wrote himself. [[Molenaar, Johannes (1810-1868)|Johannes Molenaar]] secured his aid as a collaborator on the <em>[[Gesangbuch zum gottesdienstlichen und häuslichen Gebrauch in Evangelischen Mennoniten-Gemeinden|Gesangbuch zum gottesdienstliehen und häuslichen Gebrauch in Evangelischen Mennoniten-Gemeinden]] </em>(Worms, 1854). He wrote three songs especially for this book; it contains in addition 24 others of his hymns. Of these, 20 were kept in the 1910 revision, and a new one adopted. His <em>Christliche Gedichte </em>(Basel, <span>1829) and <em>Herbstblüte </em>(Stuttgart, 1859) were also </span>familiar in the South German homes. Thus through his hymns he exerted a lasting influence on the Mennonites of South [[Germany|Germany]].
= Bibliography =
<em><span>Gemeindeblatt der Mennoniten</span></em><span> (1911): 38 f., 42 f., 47 f.</span>

<span>Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. </span><em><span>Mennonitisches Lexikon</span></em><span>. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 513 f.</span>

<span>Knapp, M. <em>Albert Knapp als Dichter und Schriftsteller. </em>Tübingen, 1912.</span>
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