Fischer, Ludwig Eberhard

Fischer, Ludwig Eberhard a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born August 6, 1695. He studied at Tubingen, was in 1727 preacher at Zavelstein, in 1732 at Stuttgart, and took a prominent part in the religious as well as political welfare of his country. He died in 1773, leaving several hymns, which are found in the Wurtemberg hymn-book. See Moser, Schwabische Merkwurdigkeiten, page 372; Koch, Geschichte des Deutschen Kirchenliedes, 5:85 sq. (B.P.)