Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: lübben , saxe-merseburg    - death date: 27 may 1676      - birth date: 12 march 1607    - name: paul gerhardt    - image: paul gerhardt.jpg    - birth place: gräfenhainichen , saxony    - occupation: theologian lutheran minister hymn writer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul gerhardt .
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paul gerhardt -lrb- 12 march 1607 -- 27 may 1676 -rrb- was a german theologian , lutheran minister and hymn writer .