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<h2>Benjamin Schmolck</h2>
<h2>1672-1737</h2>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_c_schmolck_b.jpg" alt="Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737)" width="116" height="150"></td>
<td><em>Born:</em> February 21, 1672, Brauchitschdorf, Schlesien (Silesia).
<p><em>Died:</em> February 12, 1737, Schweidnitz, Schlesien.</td>
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<p class="just">In 1702, Schmolck became pastor of Schweidnitz, Silesia, one of the three <em>Friedenskirchen</em> (Protestant churches) in Catholic Silesia. He became much involved in polemic struggles with the Catholic <em>Gegenreformation</em> (counter-reformation). In the last years of his life he became blind and paralyzed.</p>
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