Elisabeth Cruciger was a German poet and hymnwriter who became a notable figure during the Protestant Reformation. Born into a noble family in Pomerania around 1500, she originally entered the Marienbusch Abbey as a Premonstratensian nun. After encountering Reformation ideas through Johannes Bugenhagen, she moved to Wittenberg in 1522. She eventually married the theologian Caspar Cruciger, a close associate of Martin Luther. Recognized as the first female hymnwriter of the Reformation, her literary contributions helped shape early Protestant worship.