Background
Freystein was born in Weissenfels, the son of Samuel Adam Freystein, vice-chancellor of Duke August of Saxony, inspector of the Gymnasium of Weissenfels.
Freystein was born in Weissenfels, the son of Samuel Adam Freystein, vice-chancellor of Duke August of Saxony, inspector of the Gymnasium of Weissenfels.
Johann Burchard Freyenstein studied at the University of Leipzig in law, mathematics, philosophy and architecture.
He spent some time in Berlin and Halle. He then founded his own firm in Dresden. In 1703 he was counsellor in Gotha.
In 1709, he returned as a counsellor of court and law in Dresden, where he died.
Freystein"s religiosity was influenced by Philipp Jakob Spener. Johann Sebastian Bach used it as the basis for his chorale cantata Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115.