13th-century German poets

German minstrel singer (c. 1170 – c. 1230)

German knight and poet (1170–1220)

leading poet of the Middle High German period

medieval German poet

Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia from 1221 to 1288

240px|thumb|Tannhäuser, from the Codex Manesse (about 1300).

German composer

Austrian poet and nobleman

German poet

German noble

medieval epic poet (1200-1254)

German poet and minnesinger (1255-1318)

German poet

German minnesinger

Franciscan friar and chronicler

poet of Spruchdichtung

German poet and writer

German poet and historian

German composer

German poet and author

German rabbi and poet (c.1215–1293)

German poet

writer (1190-1250)

Freidank (Vrîdanc) was a Middle High German didactic poet of the early 13th century. He is the author of Bescheidenheit ("practical wisdom, correct judgement, discretion"), a collection of rhyming aphorisms in 53 thematic divisions, extending to some 4,700 verses. The work was extremely popular in the German Middle Ages and is transmitted in numerous manuscripts, as well as in a Latin translation (Fridangi Discretio).

German poet and author

German poet and Minnesanger

German poet

13th-century Middle High German poet

German writer

Austrian nobleman and poet

German author

German poet and composer

German author and composer

Abt 1235 - 17 Apr 1298 near Schloss Leinstetten

late medieval German author

German writer

Roman Catholic bishop