David Elias Heidenreich

David Elias Heidenreich (21 January 1638 – 6 June 1688) was a German poet, dramatist, librettist and translator of the Baroque era.

Born in Leipzig, he was the son of the prominent lawyer Tobias Heidenreich and his wife, who was a daughter of the famous poet and printer Gregor Ritzsch.

After his father's death, he spent 13 years in Dresden in the home of Bürgermeister (mayor) and poet Christian Brehme.

In 1655 he registered as a student at the faculty of law in Wittenberg, where he earned a living through translation work and occasional poetry.

The composer David Pohle, a pupil of Heinrich Schütz, was Kapellmeister at the Saxon courts of Halle and Weißenfels.