Minnesang

thumb|Walther von der Vogelweide ([[Codex Manesse, ca. 1300)]]

German song manuscript of the Middle Ages

thumb|right|A depiction of the Sängerkrieg from the Codex Manesse The Sängerkrieg (minstrel contest), also known as the Wartburgkrieg (Wartburg contest), was a contest among minstrels (Minnesänger) at the Wartburg, a castle in Thuringia, Germany, in 1207.

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