Walther von der Vogelweide - Wurzburg, Germany
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Statue of Walther von der Vogelweide, the greatest of the Minnesänger, on the base of the Franconian Fountain in Wurzburg.
Waymark Code: WMHCG3
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 06/23/2013
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Walther von der Vogelweide (born about 1170; died possibly in Würzburg around 1230) was a famous German poet and composer. He was the greatest of the German Minnesinger. These were people who wrote and sang songs about courtly love. Walther himself may have added “von der Vogelweide” to his name (it means “of the bird meadow”).
The German courtly love songs that had been written at the time were all very similar, but Walther gave these songs new life and made them very beautiful. Unfortunately we do not know any of his music, because he did not write it down. But he wrote his poems down. They are very original, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, often just gently suggesting ideas carefully
Walther was the first poet to write national and patriotic poetry. He also wrote a type of love poem which was new in German literature. Unter der Linde is the most famous of these.
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