Cornelius Friedrich Adolf Krummacher

KRUMMACHER, Cornelius Friedrich Adolf. b. Ruhrort, near Duisburg, 16 June 1824; d. Werningerode, 5 February 1884. The son of the distinguished preacher, Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher*, Cornelius studied at Bonn and Berlin, and after ordination in 1850 he was pastor of the Liebfrauenkirche at Halberstadt (1853-72), and at Barby. He retired on grounds of ill-health to Werningerode. He published sermons, Christus, sein Wort und seine Kirche, Drei Predigten (Berlin, 1857), and a book of poems, Harfenklänge (1857). Krummacher is the author of ‘Stern, auf den ich schaue’ (EG 407) in the ‘Geborgen in Gottes Liebe’ section, from his Harfenklänge. JRW Further Reading Christoph Krummacher,...