Engstfeld, Peter Friedrich

Engstfeld, Peter Friedrich a German hymn writer, was born June 6, 1793, at Heiligenhaus, near Elberfeld, and died October 4, 1848, His hymns are published in Zeugnisse aus dme verborgenen Leben (Essen, 1840; 2d ed. 1846). See Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 7:296 sq. (B.P.)