Ahasverus Fritsch

Ahasverus Fritsch (16 December 1629 – 24 August 1701) was a German jurist, poet[1] and hymn writer of the Baroque era.

Later he attended the Gymnasium in Halle, and in 1650 he enrolled at the law faculty of the University of Jena.

He was the first German legal scholar to deal with the danger of influencing the people by the press.

Besides a large number of legal publications, he wrote hymns and devotional writings.

His stanza "Wie herrlich ist die neue Welt" (How magnificent is the new world)" is part of Carl Heinrich Graun's oratorio Der Tod Jesu.