Middle High German literature is literature written in German between the middle of the 11th century and the middle of the 14th. In the second half of the 12th century, there was a sudden intensificat
Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (Folio 124r). The pose refers to a song in which he asks how to reconcile worldly success and God's blessing.
The Minnesänger Reinmar von Zweter dictates to a scribe (Codex Manesse, fol. 323r)
The first page of Hartmann von Aue's Iwein in the 14th century Florence manuscript (D), fol. 142r
Lyrics by Hartmann von Aue in the Weingarten Manuscript (c.1310), fol 20v.
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German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxem
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Sculpture in Berlin depicting the names of Grass, Arendt, Heine, Luther, Kant, Seghers, Hegel, Brothers Grimm, Marx, Böll, Schiller, Lessing, Hesse, Fontane, Mann, Brecht and Goethe.
The first page of the Hildebrandslied manuscript
The opening page of the Book of Genesis in Martin Luther's Bible translation of 1534, published by Hans Luft