Johannes Hadlaub
Illustration — Portrait of Johannes Hadlaub as a pilgrim, fol.371r Johannes Hadlaub (fl. He was a citizen of Zürich, and is on record as buying a house there in 1302. There are 51 songs by Hadlaub in the Codex Manesse, and it is commonly assumed that Hadlaub was actively involved in its compilation.
Johannes Hadlaub

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- Born
- Johannes Hadlaub was born in 1280. · Zurich.
- Died
- Johannes Hadlaub died on 1 January 1340. · Zurich.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- poet · composer · writer · minnesänger
- Languages
- Middle High German
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Illustration — Portrait of Johannes Hadlaub as a pilgrim, fol.371r Johannes Hadlaub (fl. He was a citizen of Zürich, and is on record as buying a house there in 1302. There are 51 songs by Hadlaub in the Codex Manesse, and it is commonly assumed that Hadlaub was actively involved in its compilation.
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This assumption was fictionalised in a poetic novella, "Hadlaub" (in the Züricher Novellen, 1878), by Gottfried Keller.
The recorded working language is Middle High German.
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1340
Johannes Hadlaub died at Zurich.
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Johannes Hadlaub was born at Zurich.
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Johannes Hadlaub died at Zurich.
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