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{{Short description|German Lutheran clergyman and hymnist}}
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[[Image:Martin Rinckart.jpg|thumb|Martin Rinkart (1586–1649)]]

'''Martin Rinkart''', or '''Rinckart''' (23 April 1586, [[Eilenburg]] – 8 December 1649) was a German Lutheran clergyman and [[hymnist]]. He is best known for the text to "Nun danket alle Gott" ("[[Now thank we all our God]]") which was written c. 1636. It was set to music by [[Johann Crüger]] about 1647, and translated into English in the 19th century by [[Catherine Winkworth]].

Rinkart was a [[deacon]] at [[Eisleben]] and archdeacon at [[Eilenburg]], where he was born and also died. He served there during the [[Thirty Years' War]] and a severe plague in 1637.


==Hymns==
* ''Nun danket alle Gott''  (Now thank we all our God)
* 'Rinkart' is the name of a tune written by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] for the hymn 'Christ is the world's true Light' by [[G. W. Briggs]] (New English Hymnal 494).

==External links==
* [https://hymnary.org/person/Rinkart_M Martin Rinkart] hymnary.org
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Rinckart.htm Martin Rinckart (Hymn-Writer)] Bach Cantatas Website
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Martin Rinkart}}
* {{Librivox author |id=8402}}

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