Der von Kürenberg
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Der von Kürenberg or Der Kürenberger was a Middle High German poet and one of the earliest Minnesänger. Fifteen strophes of his songs are preserved in the Codex Manesse and the Budapest Fragment.
Der von Kürenberg (Codex Manesse, 14th Century)
The 15 strophes of Der von Kürenberg's lyrics in the Codex Manesse, folio 63v.
Nibelungenlied
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The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is b
First page from Manuscript C (c. 1230)
Nibelungenlied Fragment, Berlin, SB, Fragm. 44
Gunther's wedding night (Johann Heinrich Füssli 1807)
"Siegfried's Death" (Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1847)