Albert Knapp


Albert Knapp was a German poet and animal welfare activist.

Biography

He studied theology at Tübingen, became vicar in Feuerbach and filled other positions until he made a reputation in the Hospitalkirche at Stuttgart. After becoming pastor at Stuttgart, he had applied himself to poetry, especially to the composition of hymns and other poetry of a religious character. Rev. Knapp is also distinguished as an important figure in the history of the animal welfare movement in Germany. In 1837, he established the Stuttgart Society, the first German animal protection organisation in Stuttgart.

Writings

He published his hymns annually in a small volume between 1833 and 1853, under the title of Christoterpe. Among his other publications in verse are three collections of poems ; Evangelischer Liederschatz für Kirche und Haus, a collection taken from the liturgies and hymns of every Christian century, to which Christenlieder is a supplement; and the cycles Hohenstauffen and Bilder der Vorwelt.
He also wrote prose: Das Leben von :de:Ludwig Hofacker|Ludwig Hofacker. See also Gesammelten prosaischen Schriften.