Wiesenmayer (or Wiedemayer), Burchard, the author, not otherwise known,

der Ruhr, as a ribbon-maker; a gentle heaven-inspired soul, whose hymns are the reflection of a heavenly, happy life, his mind being full of a childlike simplicity.

of several hymns. The first line of his Morning Hymn is in imitation of Nicolai's more celebrated hymn, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern."