According to a document filed with his will, he was born with the surname of Blanckenmüller, but adopted out of poverty by a citizen of Kahla, and given an education at Kahla and Rochlitz under his new name, Johann Walter.
Johann Walter (1495-1570), first cantor of the Evangelical Church
Johann Sebastian Bach | Walter Scott | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Sir Walter Scott | Walter Cronkite | Walter Raleigh | Johann Strauss II | Walter Benjamin | St. Johann in Tirol | Walter Mondale | Walter Matthau | Walter Gropius | Walter Hamma | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | Walter Savage Landor | Walter Burley Griffin | Johann Albert Fabricius | Walter Payton | Walter | Johann Christian Bach | Bruno Walter | Walter Winchell | Walter Crane | Johann Georg Wagler | Walter Rilla | Walter Koenig | Walter Brennan | Walter Sickert | Walter Pidgeon | Walter Isaacson |
The church gives its name to the Källunge codex (Latin Codex Kellungensis) a 1622 collection of choral music by Philipp Dulichius, Melchior Vulpius, Gregor Aichinger, Nicolaus Zangius, Hieronymus Praetorius, Hans Hassler, Jacobus Gallus, Johann Walter, Dominique Phinot, Orlando di Lasso, and Johann Bahr among others.