Introduction

Biography

With help from the fa­mi­ly of a young no­ble he tu­tored, Fritsch re­ceived a good edu­ca­tion, earn­ing his law de­gree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Je­na in 1661.

He lat­er be­came chan­cel­lor of the uni­ver­si­ty and pre­si­dent of the Con­sis­to­ry of Ru­dol­stadt.

He wrote on nu­mer­ous sub­jects, in­clud­ing an­ti­qui­ties, law, and re­li­gion, and col­lect­ed hymns.