Later he was a court preacher and musician at Dresden.

Having early gained a great reputation for pulpit eloquence, he was appointed imperial court preacher at Vienna in 1669.

Johann Funck served as pastor before becoming court preacher in 1549.

He was appointed court preacher at Madrid and confessor at the royal chapel.

He ended his life as court preacher in Berlin.

Initially the pastor at Altstadt Church, Funck was made court preacher in 1549.

His early years (from 1627) were spent at Uelzen, where his father was court preacher to the duke of Brunswick.

In 1809, after the political revolution, he was made the court preacher and nominal bishop.

In 1849, however, he was appointed professor extraordinarius, and later received a number of distinctions (in 1858 chief court preacher, etc.).

Calvinist theologian who held the position of court preacher at the castle in Birstein from 1596-1598.