# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-helmbold
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:35:30.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-helmbold"
name: "Ludwig Helmbold"
slug: "ludwig-helmbold"
description: "Ludwig Helmbold, also spelled Ludwig Heimbold, was a poet of Lutheran hymns. He is probably best known for his hymn \"Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren\", of which J. S. Bach used the fifth stanza for his cantata O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165; Bach also used his words in BWV 73, 79 and 186a."
tagline: "German poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Helmbold%2C_Bildnis_in_Divi_Blasii_MHL-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1532-01-21"
deathDate: "1598-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.01008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2580222"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "لودفيج هيلمبولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Helmbold"
    title: "Ludwig Helmbold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ff97d72-a078-44f0-9405-e2cfe1cc09aa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump