Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ

"Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ"
Christian hymn
EnglishWe thank you, Lord Jesus Christ
OccasionPassion of Jesus
Written1568
Textby Christoph Fischer
LanguageGerman
Melodyby Nikolaus Herman
Composed1551
Published1783 (1783) Salzburg

"Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ) is a Christian Passion hymn in German with text by Christoph Fischer published in 1568 to a 1551 melody by Nikolaus Herman. The song is part of current hymnals in German, the 1995 Evangelisches Gesangbuch and the 2013 Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 297 and of other hymnals and songbooks.

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