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Walther von der Vogelweide

1170 - 1230

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Walther von der Vogelweide (Modern German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈfoːɡl̩vaɪdə]; c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a Minnesänger who composed and performed love-songs and political songs (Sprüche) in Middle High German. Walther has been described as the greatest German lyrical poet before Goethe; his hundred or so love-songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of Minnesang, the medieval German love lyric, and his innovations breathed new life into the tradition of courtly love. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von der Vogelweide has received more than 354,130 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Walther von der Vogelweide is the 640th most popular writer (down from 604th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 150th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Writer.

Walther von der Vogelweide is most famous for being a medieval German poet.

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Notable Works

Poems
1882
Sprüche, Lieder, der Leich
1955
Walther von der Vogelweide
1864
Die Lieder
1955
Die Gedichte Walthers von der Vogelweide
1853

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walther von der Vogelweide ranks 640 out of 7,302. Before him are Curzio Malaparte, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Saul Bellow, Clarice Lispector, Daphne du Maurier, and William Makepeace Thackeray. After him are Ivan Franko, Irène Némirovsky, Kōbō Abe, Alexander Pope, Michael Crichton, and Muriel Spark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Walther von der Vogelweide ranks 5. Before him are Fibonacci, Saint Dominic, Valdemar II of Denmark, and Wolfram von Eschenbach. After him are Hermann von Salza, Constantine Laskaris, Muqali, Isabella of Hainault, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, and Jayadeva. Among people deceased in 1230, Walther von der Vogelweide ranks 4. Before him are Börte, Berengaria of Navarre, and Pérotin. After him are Alfonso IX of León, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, Pelagio Galvani, Margaret, Countess of Blois, Pietro Ziani, Benedetto Antelami, and Samuel ibn Tibbon.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walther von der Vogelweide ranks 152 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Helmut Marko (1943), and Heinz Fischer (1938). After him are Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529), Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514), Hans Selye (1907), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Leopold V, Duke of Austria (1157), and Angela Hitler (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Walther von der Vogelweide ranks 15. Before him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Georg Trakl (1887), Hermann Broch (1886), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), and Edward Bernays (1891). After him are Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Božena Němcová (1820), and Miep Gies (1909).

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