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Sängerkrieg
Sign in to savethumb|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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- Author
- Burghart Wachinger
- First published
- 1973
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Contest of Wartburg, German Gnomic poetry, German poetry, History and criticism, Spruchdichtung, Literarische Polemik, Poésie allemande, Histoire et critique
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Genre
- poetry
- Image
- Codex Manesse Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg.jpg
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- language of work or name
- Middle High German
- form of creative work
- poetry collection
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- Sängerkrieg
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Medieval accounts of the ''Sängerkrieg''
- Story of the ''Sängerkrieg''
- The ''Sängerkrieg'' in modern literature
- Footnotes
- Literature
- References
- External links
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.
Whether the contest was purely legend or had some basis in an actual event has been debated since the Middle Ages. Local Thuringian historians, such as Dietrich von Apolda and Johannes Rothe, in the 14th and 15th centuries respectively, suggested the poems referred to an actual historical event. In the 19th century, Johann Rinne argued that the events never occurred.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sängerkrieg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.