Gotter, Ludwig Andreas

Gotter, Ludwig Andreas a Lutheran hymnwriter of Germany, was born at Gotha, May 26, 1661, and died there, September 19, 1735. Some of his hymns are still in use in the German Evangelical Church. See Koch, Gesch. des deutschen

Kirchenliedes, 4:400 sq.; Rudolph, Gothaische Chronik, 3:272; Wezel, Anal. Bymn. 2:22-30. (B.P.)