The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Knapp, Albert

KNAPP, knäp, Albert, German clergyman and poet: b. Alpirsbach, 25 July 1798; d. Stuttgart, 18 June 1864. He studied theology at Tübingen, became vicar in Feuerbach (1820) and filled other positions till he made a reputation in the Hospitalkirche at Stuttgart (1836). Was archdeacon in the Stiftskirche (1839), later to become Stadtpfarrer. His poetry was of a religious character chiefly; among his works are ‘Christliche gedichten’ (1829); ‘Neuern gedichte’ (1834); the cycles, ‘Hohenstauffen’ (1839); ‘Bilder der Vorwelt’ (1862); and in hymnology, ‘Evangelische Liederschatz für Kirche und Haus’ (1837). He wrote ‘Das Leben von Ludwig Hofacker’; ‘Gesammelten prosaischen Schriften’ (1870-75; published posthumously). Consult Gerok, K., ‘Albert Knapp’ (Stuttgart 1881); Knapp, A., ‘Knapp als Dichter und Schriftsteller’ (Tübingen 1913).