Johann Fischart, called Mentzer, a German writer, born probably in Mentz about 1545, died probably at Forbach in or after 1589. He was educated as a jurist in Worms, visited England, spent some time in Frankfort and Strasburg, became an advocate in the imperial tribunal of Spire in 1582, and held a public office at Forbach from 1585 to 1589. He was one of the most voluminous German writers of his day, excelling in satire, burlesque, and allegory. Among his works, which were published under various pseudonymes, are Das gliickhafft Schiff von Zurich (1576; new but defective edition, 1829), and Psalmen und geistliche Lieder, (Strasburg, 1576; new edition, Berlin, 1849). Wackernagel has published Johann Fischart von Strasburg, und BaseVs Antheil an ihm (Basel, 1869).