Konrad von Würzburg
Illustration — Portrait of Konrad von Würzburg from the Codex Manesse (folio 383r) Konrad von Würzburg (c.1220-1230 – 31 August 1287) was the chief German poet of the second half of the 13th century. He spent part of his life in Strasbourg and his later years in Basel, where he owned a house. The names of his wife and daughters are recorded.
Also recorded as Konrad von Wurzburg
Konrad von Würzburg

Master of the Codex Manesse · Public domain
- Born
- Konrad von Würzburg was born, sources differ on the date (in 1225 and in 1220).
- Died
- 1287.
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, composer and Minnesänger.
- Known for
- Der Schwanritter, Partonopier und Meliur, Engelhard, Das Turnier von Nantes, Pantaleon and Silvester.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Portrait of Konrad von Würzburg from the Codex Manesse (folio 383r) Konrad von Würzburg (c.1220-1230 – 31 August 1287) was the chief German poet of the second half of the 13th century. He spent part of his life in Strasbourg and his later years in Basel, where he owned a house. The names of his wife and daughters are recorded.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Konrad von Würzburg. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
wikipedia incomplete · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
gnd · 128398744 · wikidata · Q77480 · wikipedia · Konrad von Würzburg
In this article
Identity
He died in Basel in 1287. Like Gottfried von Strassburg, whom he admired, but unlike most other poets from the time, Konrad did not belong to the nobility. His varied and voluminous literary work is comparatively free from the degeneration which set in so rapidly in Middle High German poetry during the 13th century. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[h]is style, although occasionally diffuse, is dignified in tone; his metre is clearly influenced by Gottfried's tendency to relieve the monotony of the epic-metre with ingenious variations, but it is always correct; his narratives—if we except Die halbe Birn, of which the authorship is doubtful—are free from coarseness, to which the popular poets at this time were prone, and, although mysticism and allegory bulk largely in his works, they were not allowed, as in so many of his contemporaries, to usurp the place of poetry." Konrad wrote a number of legends (Alexius, Silvester, Pantaleon) illustrating Christian virtues and dogma; Der Welt Lohn, a didactic allegory on the familiar theme of Frau Welt, the woman beautiful in front, but unsightly and loathsome from behind. Die goldene Schmiede is a panegyric of the Virgin Mary; the Klage der Kunst, an allegorical defence of poetry. Herzmaere is a story on the eaten heart. It tells of the relationship between a knight and married noblewoman who had a jealous husband. The husband saw the squire before, ordered the heart to be prepared in a tasty manner and gave it to his wife, the lover of the knight. His most ambitious works are two enormously long epics, Der trojanische Krieg (consisting of more than 40,000 verses, and unfinished) and Partenopier und Meliur, both of which are based on French originals. Konrad's talents are best showcased however in his shorter verse romances, such as Engelhart und Engeltrut, Kaiser Otto and Das Herzemaere; the latter, the theme of which has been made familiar to modern readers by Uhland in his Kastellan von Coucy, is one of the best poems of its kind in Middle High German literature. There is no complete collection available of Konrad's works. Some examples are: • Der trojanische Krieg was edited by A von Keller for the Stuttgart Literarische Verein (1858) • Partonopier und Meliur, by K Bartsch (1871) • Die goldene Schniede and Silvester, by W Grimm (1840 and 1841) • Alexius, by HF Massmann (1843) and R Haczynski (1898) • Der Welt Lohn, by F Roth (1843) • Engelhart und Engeltrut, by Moritz Haupt (1844, 2nd ed, 1890) • Klage der Kunst, by E Joseph (1885). The shorter poems, Otto and Herzemaere, can be found in Erzählungen und Schwänke des Mittelalters, edited by H Lambel (2nd ed, 1883). Later German translations of Konrad's most popular poems were published by K Pannier and H Kruger in Reclams Universalbibliothek (1879-1891). See F Pfeiffer in Germania, iii (1867), and W Goither in the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, vol. 44 (1898), s.v. Würzburg, Konrad von.
Konrad von Würzburg is recorded as poet, writer, composer and Minnesänger.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q77480: Konrad von Würzburg
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Konrad von Würzburg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 128398744, Konrad, von Würzburg, Glockengießer.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Literature
Literature
Literature
Hagiographic genre in the works of Konrad von Wurzburg, Слово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2019.
Konrad von Würzburg: Leben – Kontakte – Werk, Konrad von Würzburg, 2023
Scholarly footprint
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Randel Don. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. 460. 1996. 978-0-674-37299-3.
- 2.Brunner, Horst. Konrad von Würzburg. Verfasserlexikon: Deutschsprachige Literatur des Mittelalters.
- 3.Werthmüller, Hans. Tausend Jahre Literatur in Basel. Springer-Verlag. 46. 2013-12-11. 978-3-0348-6561-6.
- 4.Werthmüller, Hans. Tausend Jahre Literatur in Basel. Springer-Verlag. 48–49. 2013-12-11. 978-3-0348-6561-6.
- 5.Konrad (von Würzburg). Der trojanische Krieg. Litterarischer Verein. 9. 1858.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 128398744, Konrad, von Würzburg, Glockengießer.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Partially resolvedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q77480: Konrad von WürzburgWikimedia Foundation
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,108 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Konrad BoehmerPerson
- Konrad JunghänelPerson
- Konrad Max KunzPerson
- Konrad RagossnigPerson
- Konrad WölkiPerson
- Konsta HietanenPerson
- Konsta JylhäPerson
- Konstantia GourziPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Konrad von Würzburg?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.