In 1629, Sig­is­mund’s fa­ther, along with other evan­gel­i­cal pas­tors, was forced to flee Bo­he­mia, and went to Nürn­berg. Af­ter at­tend­ing the Egi­dien-Gym­na­si­um at Nürn­berg, Sig­is­mund en­tered the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Je­na in 1643, where he stu­died law and the­ol­o­gy, the lat­ter at his fa­ther’s dy­ing re­quest. Be­fore fin­ish­ing ei­ther course of stu­dy, he re­turned to Nürn­berg in 1645, and due to his po­et­ic­al gifts was ad­mit­ted to the Peg­nitz Shep­herd and Flow­er Or­der. At the close of 1645, he was ap­point­ed tu­tor at Wol­fen­büt­tel to the Prin­cess of Bruns­wick-Lü­ne­burg, but af­ter a year (dur­ing which he was crowned as a po­et), he re­signed the post. Af­ter a tour, dur­ing which he was ad­mit­ted by Phil­ipp von Ze­sen as a mem­ber of the Ger­man So­ci­e­ty (or Pa­tri­o­tic Un­ion), he re­turned to Nürn­berg in 1648, and worked as a pri­vate tutor. In 1654, Em­per­or Fer­di­nand III en­o­bled him, on ac­count of his po­et­ic gifts. In 1658, he joined the Fruit­bear­ing So­ci­e­ty, and on the death of Hars­dörf­fer in 1662, be­came Chief Shep­herd of the Peg­nitz Order.

• Julian, p. 143
• Stulken, p. 214

1. Auf, auf, mein Herz und du mein ganz­er Sinn, Wirf all­es heut
2. Jesu, deine Pass­ion
   • Jesu! Be Thy Suf­fer­ing Love
   • Jesus, I Will Pon­der Now
   • Jesus, on Thy Dy­ing Love
3. Lasset uns mit Je­su zie­hen
   • Let Us Ev­er Walk with Je­sus
   • Let Us Hence, on High As­cend­ing