1590, Dom­nau (near Kö­nigs­berg), Pruss­ia.

Au­gust 1, 1635, Kö­nigs­berg, Prussia.

Georg was the son of Jo­hann Weiss­el, judge and lat­er Bür­ger­meis­ter at Dom­nau. Georg stu­died at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Kö­nigs­berg (1608-1611), then for short periods at Wit­ten­berg, Leip­zig, Je­na, Strass­burg, Ba­sel, and Mar­burg. In 1614, he was ap­point­ed rec­tor of the school at Fried­land, near Dom­nau, but re­signed this post af­ter three years and re­turned to Kö­nigs­berg to re­sume his stu­dies in the­ol­o­gy. Fin­al­ly, in 1623, he be­came pas­tor of the new­ly built Alt­ross­gart church in Kö­nigs­berg, where he stayed the rest of his life.

• Erickson, p. 420
• Stulken, p. 132

1. Im fin­stern Stall, O Wun­der gross
   • O Miracle of Love and Might
2. Macht hoch die Thür
   • Behold, He Com­eth from Afar
   • Behold, One Com­eth from Afar
   • Fling Wide the Door
   • Fling Wide the Por­tals of Your Heart
   • Lift Up, Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates
   • Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
   • Mighty Gates of Earth Un­bar, The
   • O Blest the Souls, for Ev­er Blest
   • O Hallowed Is the Land and Blest
3. Such’, wer da will, ein an­der Ziel
   • Seek Where Ye May to Find a Way (1938)
4. Wo ist dein Stach­el nun, o Tod?
   • O Death! Where Is Thy Cru­el Sting?