"Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt" is a German Christian hymn with lyrics written by the Lutheran Johann Matthäus Meyfart in 1626, and a melody possibly by Melchior Franck.

In the fall of 1626, he held four sermons titled Tuba Novissima (The last trumpet), dealing with "Tod, Gericht, ewige Seligkeit und Verdammnis" (Death, judgement, eternal bliss and condemnation), which were later printed.

[1] The Jerusalem song closed his third sermon, titled Von der Frewde und Herrligkeit / welche alle Außerwehlte in dem ewigen Leben zu gewarten haben (Of the joy and glory which the selected ones may expect in eternal life).

In the 19th century, it was rediscovered, possibly because of its motif of Sehnsucht (yearning / longing / desire) which matched an attitude of the Romantic period.

[1] The hymn appeared in the Protestant hymnal of 1950, Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch in the section Tod und Ewigkeit (Death and eternity) as EKG 320.

In religious desire and inspiration, Meyfart develops a vision of an ascension of the Soul and the bliss of the transcendent City of God.

[1] The melodyⓘ has been regarded as one of the most beautiful chorale melodies ("gilt für einen der schönsten deutschen Choräle"),[5] as an 1893 hymnal printed in Philadelphia says.