Ju­ly 21, 1620, Guhr­au, Ober­schle­sien (Upper Si­le­sia), Pruss­ia.

Au­gust 16, 1659, Stet­tin.

Son of Val­en­tin Held of Guhr­au, Hein­rich at­tend­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ties of Kö­nigs­berg (cir­ca 1637-40), Frank­furt an der Oder (1643) and Ley­den. He was al­so in res­i­dence at Rostock in 1647. He be­came a li­cen­ti­ate of law, and set­tled as a law­yer in Guhr­au, where he died about 1659, or at least be­fore Mi­chael­mas, 1661. His on­ly ex­tant po­et­ic­al work is:

• Deutscher Ge­dichte Vor­trab (Frank­furt an der Oder: 1643)

• Julian, pp. 507-8

1. Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt
   • All the World Exalt the Lord
   • Be Our God with Thanks Adored
   • Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord
2. Komm, o Komm, du Geist des Lebens
   • Come, O Come, Thou Quick­en­ing Spir­it
   • Come, Oh Come, Thou Quickening Spir­it, True
   • Come, Thou Spir­it Ev­er Living
   • Ho­ly Spir­it, Once Again