Baptized: Ju­ly 18, 1606, St. Thomas’ Church, Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Apparently May 4, 1673, Berl­in, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Klost­er Kirche, Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny.

Schirmer was the son of Mich­ael Schirm­er, in­spect­or of wine casks in Leip­zig. He en­tered the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig on East­er, 1619 (MA 1630). In 1636 he was ap­point­ed sub­rec­tor, and in 1651 con­rec­tor, of the Grey­friars Gym­nas­i­um in Ber­lin. Dur­ing his con­rec­tor­ship the rec­tor­ship fell va­cant sev­er­al times, and each time, af­ter Schirmer had of­fi­ci­at­ed as pro­rec­tor dur­ing the va­can­cy, a young­er man was set over him (prob­ab­ly due to Schir­mer’s fee­ble health). In May 1668, the sub­rec­tor was pro­mot­ed over him. Schir­mer re­tired that same year and spent the re­maind­er of his life in Ber­lin. In 1868, he pub­lished a ver­sion of the Æneid in German Alexandrine verse.

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Hymns

1. O heil­ig­er Geist, kehr bei uns in
   • O Ho­ly Ghost, De­scend, We Pray
   • O Ho­ly Spir­it, Enter In