Simon Dach

Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a Prussian German lyrical poet and writer of hymns born in Memel (now Klaipėda) in the Duchy of Prussia. In 1639 he was appointed by Adrian Brauer to the Chair of Poetry at the Albertina University in Königsberg. Among Dach's best-known hymns many of which are still sung are the following: "Ich bin ja Herr in deiner Macht" "Ich bin bei Gott in Gnaden durch Christi Blut und Tod" and "O wie selig seid ihr doch ihr Frommen.

Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a Prussian German lyrical poet and writer of hymns born in Memel (now Klaipėda) in the Duchy of Prussia.